The following is a list of military operations conducted in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland during World War II.
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Axis
- Birke ("Birch") (1944)
- Birkhahn (1945)
- Büffel ("Buffalo") (1940)
- Hokki ("Calk") (1944) — Finnish plan to destroy railroad tracks to deny the Soviets their supplies.
- Holzauge ("Wood knot") (1942)
- Ikarus (1940)
- Juno (1940)
- Kilpapurjehdus ("Regatta") (1941) — Finnish naval operation for the militarization of the Åland islands.
- Lachsfang (1942)
- Nordlicht 2 ("Aurora Borealis") (1944)
- Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941)
- Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue Fox 1") (1941)
- Blaufuchs 2 ("Blue Fox 2") (1941)
- Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") (1941)
- Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") (1941)
- Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941)
- Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue Fox 1") (1941)
- Safari (1943)
- Sizilien (1943)
- Tanne Ost (1944)
- Tanne West (1944)
- Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") (1940)
- Weserübung Nord ("Weser Exercise") (1940)
- Weserübung Sud ("Weser Exercise") (1940)
- Weserübung Nord ("Weser Exercise") (1940)
- Zitronella ("Lemon flavour") (1943)
Allies
- Alphabet (1940) — evacuation of British troops from Norway
- Apostle (1945) — SAS operation to enforce German surrender in Norway
- Archery (1941)
- Anklet (1941)
- Brandy (1943)
- Carthage (1945)
- Cartoon (1943)
- Catherine (1939)
- Claymore (1941)
- Crackers (1943)
- Doomsday (1945) — alternative name for Apostle
- Freshman (1942
- Grouse (1942)
- Grouse (1942)
- Gunnerside (1943)
- Fork (1940)
- Gauntlet (1941)
- Jupiter (1942)
- Kitbag (1941)
- Leader (1943)
- Musketoon (1942)
- R 4 (1940)
- Source (1943)
- The Sepals/Perianth Operation (1944) — OSS supported operation in Sweden
- Sunshine (1944)
- Valentine (1940)
- Wilfred (1940)
Other
- Rädda Danmark ("Save Denmark") (1945)
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
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Further reading
- Dear, Ian. The Oxford companion to world war II (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995)
- Elting, John R. Battles for Scandinavia (Time-Life Books 1981)
- Haarr, Geirr. The Gathering Storm: Naval War in Northern Europe, September 1939 to April 1940 (2013)
- Haarr, Geirr. German Invasion of Norway: April 1940 (vol 1 2012); The Battle for Norway, April-June 1940 (vol 2 2010)
- Mann, Chris. British Policy and Strategy Towards Norway, 1941-45 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
- Miller, James. The North Atlantic Front: Orkney, Shetland, Faroe and Iceland at War (2004)
- Nissen, Henrik S., ed. Scandinavia during the Second World War (Universitetsforlaget, 1983)
- Petrow, Richard. The Bitter Years; The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 (1974)
- Riste, Olav et al. Norway and the Second World War (1996)
- Stenius, H., Österberg, M. and Östling, J., eds. Nordic Narratives of the Second World War: National Historiographies Revisited (Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2011).
- Vehvilainen, Olli. "Scandinavian Campaigns." in A Companion to World War II (2012) ed. by Thomas W. Zeiler and Daniel M. DuBois : vol 1 pp 208–21.
- Vehvilainen, Olli. Finland In The Second World War: Between Germany and Russia (2002) excerpt and text search
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