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* [[Operation Isabella]] (invasion of [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]] to counter any possible landing of Anglo-American troops in the [[Iberian peninsula]]. Prepared in May 1941 and never carried out.)<ref name="payne314">Stanley G. Payne (1987). ''The Franco regime, 1936-1975''. Univ of Wisconsin Press, p. 314.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mgDWLYcTYIAC&pg=PA314]</ref>
* [[Operation Isabella]] (invasion of [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]] to counter any possible landing of Anglo-American troops in the [[Iberian peninsula]]. Prepared in May 1941 and never carried out.)<ref name="payne314">Stanley G. Payne (1987). ''The Franco regime, 1936-1975''. Univ of Wisconsin Press, p. 314.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mgDWLYcTYIAC&pg=PA314]</ref>
** [[Operation Ilona]] (a plan aiming to counter an Anglo-American invasion of Iberia by holding north Spanish ports to protect German positions in France. Prepared in 1942, never carried out.)<ref name="payne314"/>
** [[Operation Ilona]] (a plan aiming to counter an Anglo-American invasion of Iberia by holding north Spanish ports to protect German positions in France. Prepared in 1942, never carried out.)<ref name="payne314"/>
*[[:de:Unternehmen_Südsee|Operation Südsee]] (German-Japanese naval plans to seizure the [[Northeast Passage]] and prepare further invasion of [[Siberia]])
* [[Operation Barbarossa]] (invasion of USSR, carried out 22 June 1941.)
* [[Operation Barbarossa]] (invasion of USSR, carried out 22 June 1941.)
** [[Operation München]] (joint Romanian-German invasion of [[Bessarabia]] and [[Northern Bukovina]]. Carried out 2 July 1941.)
** [[Operation München]] (joint Romanian-German invasion of [[Bessarabia]] and [[Northern Bukovina]]. Carried out 2 July 1941.)
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** [[Operation Fischreiher]] (plan to advance to the [[Volga river]] and capture the city of [[Stalingrad]]. Carried out 22 July 1942.)
** [[Operation Fischreiher]] (plan to advance to the [[Volga river]] and capture the city of [[Stalingrad]]. Carried out 22 July 1942.)
** [[Operation Edelweiss]] (plan to capture the oil fields of [[Baku]]. Carried out 23 July 1942.)
** [[Operation Edelweiss]] (plan to capture the oil fields of [[Baku]]. Carried out 23 July 1942.)
** [[:de:Planungen_der_Kriegsmarine_für_das_Kaspische_Meer|German plans to develop a Caspian Sea Navy]] (projected expansion of Axis Naval operations into the [[Caspian Sea]], in a coastal zone through [[Astrakhan]] to [[Azerbaijan]], with [[Makhachkala]] as principal port for the [[Kriegsmarine]] and [[Regia Marina]] to develop further attacks against [[Kazakhstan SSR]] at [[Atyrau]] and the [[Ural (river)|Ural river]], while also possible intervention in [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|Anglo-Soviet occupied Iran]]. Never carried due to defeat at [[Battle of Stalingrad]].)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kriegstagebuch der Seekriegsleitung 1939-45 |url=https://zms.bundeswehr.de/de/publikationen-ueberblick/zmsbw-publikationen-kriegstagebuch-seekriegsleitung-5323704 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=zms.bundeswehr.de |language=de}}</ref>
* [[Operation Nordlicht (1942)|Operation Nordlicht]] (scheduled operation to capture [[Leningrad]], planned to begin on 23 August 1942. Not carried out due to the Soviet [[Sinyavino Offensive (1942)|Sinyavino Offensive]] on 19 August.)
* [[Operation Nordlicht (1942)|Operation Nordlicht]] (scheduled operation to capture [[Leningrad]], planned to begin on 23 August 1942. Not carried out due to the Soviet [[Sinyavino Offensive (1942)|Sinyavino Offensive]] on 19 August.)
* [[Operation Polar Fox]] (attempted invasion of [[Sweden]] from [[German occupation of Norway|German occupied Norway]] during June-July 1943)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vupRVB7vcCoC&dq=General-Lieutenant+Bamler+german+invasion+of+sweden&pg=PA77 | title=Quarterly Review of Military Literature | year=1946 }}</ref>
* [[Operation Polar Fox]] (attempted invasion of [[Sweden]] from [[German occupation of Norway|German occupied Norway]] during June-July 1943)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vupRVB7vcCoC&dq=General-Lieutenant+Bamler+german+invasion+of+sweden&pg=PA77 | title=Quarterly Review of Military Literature | year=1946 }}</ref>

Revision as of 22:27, 6 August 2024

Planning for global territorial expansion of the Axis powers; Germany, Italy and Japan, progressed before and during the Second World War. This included some special strike plans against the Allied nations (with similar intentions to the James Doolittle raid special Allied Strike). The Kingdom of Romania, a de facto major member of the Axis with a contribution on par with Italy's, is also included.[1][2][3]

Operational plans of Germany, Italy and Romania

Axis powers maximum extension of Europpean occuppied territory in 1942.

1936-1939

1939–1940

1941–1944

Original German Barbarossa plan

Operational plans of Japan

the largest expansion of the Japanese Empire in the summer of 1942.

Listed below are operations and invasion plans of the Japanese Empire from 1929-1942:

1929–1940

1941–1943

See also

References

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  3. ^ Dennis Deletant, British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War, Springer, 2016, p. 59
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  6. ^ "Plan de invasión a Portugal | Eurasia1945" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
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