Name the major WWII military operations

Famous and not so famous WWII operations. How many can you name?

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1 Sept. 1939 - German invasion of Poland

Fall Weiss (Case White)

9 April 1940 - German invasion of Denmark and Norway

Operation Weserübung

10 May 1940 - German invasion of Benelux countries and France

Fall Gelb (Case Yellow)

Planned Sept. 1940 German invasion of the United Kingdom

Operation Seelöwe (Sea Lion)

9 Sept. 1940 - Italian invasion of British Egypt

Operation E

6 April 1941 - Axis invasion of Yugoslavia

Operation 25

6 April 1941 - German invasion of Greece

Operation Marita

20 May 1941 - German invasion of Crete, Greece

Operation Merkur (Mercury)

22 June 1941 - Axis invasion of the Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa

7 Dec. 1941 - Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Operation AI / Operation Z

4 June 1942 - Japanese attack on Midway Atoll

Operation MI

7 Aug. 1942 - Allied invasion of Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Operation Watchtower

8 Nov. 1942 - Allied invasion of Vichy French Algeria and Morocco

Operation Torch

19 Nov. 1942 - Soviet encirclement of Axis-held Stalingrad

Operation Uranus

12 Dec. 1942 - Soviet offensive against Axis-held Stalingrad

Operation Little Saturn

22 April 1943 - Allied invasion of Axis-held Tunisia

Operation Vulcan (then Strike)

9 July 1943 - Allied invasion of Sicily

Operation Husky

9 Sept. 1943 - Allied main invasion of mainland Italy

Operation Avalanche

22 Jan. 1944 - Allied landings in Anzio (Battle of Anzio, Italy)

Operation Shingle

6 June 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied France (Normandy-landings)

Operation Overlord (D-Day)

23 June 1944 - Soviet invasion of German-occupied Belarus and Poland

Operation Bagration

15 Aug. 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied Southern France

Operation Dragoon

17 Sept. 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied Netherlands

Operation Market Garden

16 Dec. 1944 - German counteroffensive in the Ardennes, Belgium (Battle of the Bulge)

Operation Wacht am Rhein

1 April 1945 - Allied invasion of Okinawa

Operation Iceberg

Planned Nov. 1945 Allied invasion of Japanese Home Islands

Operation Downfall

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Level 78

Aug 24, 2020

Please accept Anvil for Dragoon, as that was its original name.