Operation Haifisch
German cover operation in WW2
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Western Front of
World War II
World War II
Phoney War
- River Forth
- Saar
- The Heligoland Bight
- Wikinger
- Schuster Line
- Maastricht
- Mill
- The Hague
- Rotterdam
- Zeeland
- The Grebbeberg
- Afsluitdijk
- Rotterdam Blitz
Belgium
- Fort Eben-Emael
- Hannut
- David
- Gembloux
- La Lys
- Ypres–Comines Canal
France
- Sedan
- Montcornet
- Saumur
- Arras
- Boulogne
- Calais
- Dunkirk
- Dynamo
- Abbeville
- Lille
- Paula
- 1st Alps
1941–1943
- Cerberus
- Donnerkeil
- Baedeker Blitz
- Commando Raids
1944–1945
- Baby Blitz
- Overlord
- Chastity
- Dragoon
- Siegfried Line
- Netherlands
- Market Garden
- Hürtgen Forest
- Aachen
- Queen
- Scheldt
- Bulge
- Nordwind
- 2nd Alps
- Colmar Pocket
- Atlantic Pockets
- Blackcock
- Veritable
- Grenade
- Blockbuster
- Lumberjack
- Remagen
- Cologne
- Gisela
- Undertone
- Plunder
- Varsity
- Paderborn
- Ruhr
- TF Baum
- Frankfurt
- Würzburg
- Kassel
- Heilbronn
- Nuremberg
- Hamburg
Strategic campaigns
Operation Haifisch (Shark) was a German codename for the cover operation against the United Kingdom in World War II, intended (like Operation Harpune) to conceal preparations for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Elaborated by Wilhelm Keitel and designated to begin in April 1941, the aim was to strike at England's southern coast in four places between Folkestone and Worthing. The Kriegsmarine's main task was to ferry the invasion forces after loading them at major ports between Cherbourg and Rotterdam.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Wilt, Alan F. (1974). ""Shark" and 'Harpoon": German Cover Operations Against Great Britain in 1941". Military Affairs. 38 (1): 1–4. doi:10.2307/1987322. ISSN 0026-3931. JSTOR 1987322.
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