List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II

Eastern Front

European operations involving the Soviet Union.

Axis

* "Aktion 24" (1945) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — largely unsuccessful attempts to use Mistels and explosive-laden Do 24s to destroy strategic river bridges
* "Aster" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — withdrawal from Estonia.
* "Barbarossa" ("Red Beard" was the nickname for Emperor Frederick I) (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi flagicon|Italy|1861 flagicon|Romania|1867 flagicon|Hungary|1940 flagicon|Slovakia flagicon|Finland — invasion of the Soviet Union.
** "Haifisch" ("Shark") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — deception operation for "Barbarossa", feint on Scotland and north-east England from Norway.
** "Harpune" ("Harpoon") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — deception operation for "Barbarossa", feint on southern England from France.
** "Taifun" ("Typhoon") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — offensive to capture Moscow before winter.
* "Beowulf I & II" (Heroic figure) (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — two separate plans to assault the Estonian islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu
** "Nordwind" ("Northern wind") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — Diversionary plan for "Beowulf II"
*** "Lel" (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sub-plan of "Nordwind"
*** "Nau" (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sub-plan of "Nordwind"
*** "Stimmung" ("Tendency") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sub-plan of "Nordwind"
** "Siegfried" (Heroic figure)(1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — German assault on Hiiumaa
*** "Ost" ("East") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sub-plan of "Siegfried"
*** "Mitte" ("Middle") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sub-plan of "Siegfried"
*** "West" (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sub-plan of "Siegfried"
** "Südwind" ("Southern wind") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — Diversionary plan for "Beowulf II"
** "Weststurm" ("Western Storm") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — naval bombardment in support of "Beowulf II"
** "Westwind" (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — Diversionary plan for "Beowulf II"
** "Edelweiss" (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — advance through the Caucasus to the Baku oil fields and Black Sea coast
** "Kreml" ("Kremlin") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — deception operation to conceal southern offensive
* "BLAU" ("BLUE") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — Umbrella name for drive towards southern Soviet Union.
** "Blücher" ("after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi flagicon|Romania|1867 — campaign into the Caucasus
** "Braunschweig " ("Brunswick") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — drive towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus.
*** "Fischreiher" ("Heron") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — offensive to capture Stalingrad.
*** "Hubertus" (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — attack against StalingradFact|date=April 2007
**** "Wintergewitter" ("Winter Storm") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi flagicon|Romania|1867 — attempt to relieve encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad by Army Group Don.
**** "Donnerschlag" ("Thunderclap") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — planned breakout of the Sixth Army.
**** "Dietrich" (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — planned counter-attack to relieve Sixth Army using SS panzer divisions Grossdeutschland & Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Unimplemented.
* "Delphin" ("Dolphin") (1943) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — German withdrawal from Saaremaa, Estonia.
* "Eisenhammer" ("Iron Hammer") (1943) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — abandoned plan to attack Soviet power plants power generators near Moscow and Gorky, using Mistel composite aircraft, abandoned in 1945.
* "Eisstoss" ("Ice Push") (1941) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — Luftwaffe raids on Soviet warships near Leningrad including;
** "Froschlaich" ("FrogSpawn") (1941) - air raids against Soviet Navy yards at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eisstoss
** "Götz v. Berlichingen" (a knight in the Swabian war) (1941) - air raids against Soviet Navy at Leningrad, USSR; part of Operation Eisstoss
* "Feuerzauber" ("Fire Magic") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — planned capture of Leningrad
* "Flamingo" (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — planting of Mishinskii as German agent in Soviet military hierarchy
* "Frühlingserwachen" ("Spring Awakening") (1945) flagicon|Germany|Nazi flagicon|Hungary|1940 — counterattack against Soviets in Hungary. Last major offensive on Eastern Front.
* "Hannibal" (1945) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — evacuation of East Prussia
* "Joseph" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — proposal to destroy electricity supplies to Moscow
* "Konrad" (1945) flagicon|Germany|Nazi flagicon|Hungary|1940 — German-Hungarian efforts to relieve the encircled garrison in Budapest
* "Laura" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — proposed evacuation of Courland
* "Margarethe" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — military operation to keep Hungary from defecting
* "Narwa" I II III (1942/43) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sabotage operations behind Soviet lines
* "Nordlicht" ("Northern Lights") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — planned assault on Leningrad —
* "Polikov" (1942/43) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sabotage operations behind Soviet lines
* "Rennstrecke" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — planned air supply of German troops isolated behind Soviet lines (later found out as a Soviet deception)
* "Salzsee" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sabotage operations in Kalmutskaya, USSR
* "Schamil" (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi —
* "Sonnenwende" ("Winter Solstice") (1945) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — offensive in Pomerania to stall the advance on Berlin
* "TrappenJagd" ("Bastard Hunt") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi flagicon|Romania|1867 — offensive in the Kerch Peninsula
* "Wilddieb" (1944) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — RSHA operation to monitor radio traffic from isolated German troops
* "Wolf" (1942/43) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — sabotage operations behind Soviet lines
* "Wunderland" ("Wonderland") (1942) flagicon|Germany|Nazi —
* "Zitadelle" ("Citadel") (1943) flagicon|Germany|Nazi — German offensive at Kursk

oviet Union

Excludes operations by partisans or "Home Armies". These are included under List of World War II military operations.
* "Bagration" (1944) flagicon|Soviet Union — large-scale offensive in Belorussia.
* "Iskra" ("Spark") (1943) flagicon|Soviet Union — successful Soviet counter-offensive around Leningrad
* "Iassy-Kishinev" (1944) flagicon|Soviet Union — defeat of German forces in Romania
* "Kutuzov" (1943) flagicon|Soviet Union — attack on 2nd Panzer Army, in Orel region north of the Kursk salient
* "Lentil" ("Chechevitsa") 1944 flagicon|Soviet Union — expulsion of the Chechen and Ingush populations of North Caucasus to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
* "Lyuban" (1942) flagicon|Soviet Union — failed attempt to relieve Leningrad.
* "Mars" (1942) flagicon|Soviet Union — failed major offensive against Rzhev salient
** "Jupiter" (1942) flagicon|Soviet Union — second phase of failed major offensive against Rzhev salient.
* "Polar Star" (1943) flagicon|Soviet Union — offensive to destroy Army Group North.
*"Polkovodets Rumyantsev" (1943) flagicon|Soviet Union — defeat of Army Group South's 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf.
*"Samland" (1945) flagicon|Soviet Union — capture of Königsberg.
*"Saturn" (1942) flagicon|Soviet Union — Proposed major attack following the Stalingrad enciclement; revised to "Little Saturn".
* "Sinyavino" (1941) & (1942) flagicon|Soviet Union — separate failed Soviet attempts to relieve Leningrad
* "Suvorov" (1943) flagicon|Soviet Union — recapture of Spas-Demensk, El’nia, Roslavl’, and Smolensk.
* "Uranus" (1942) flagicon|Soviet Union — successful Russian encirclement of German Sixth Army in Stalingrad.
** "Koltso" ("Ring") (1942-43) flagicon|Soviet Union — liquidation of Stalingrad pocket.
* "Prague Offensive" (1945) flagicon|Soviet Union — Soviet offensive in final stages of World War II

"NOTE: The USSR also launched many "forgotten" offensives or counterstrokes. Although their names are not recorded they have become known by their regional objective. Historian David M. Glantz has authored on these in detail and they are not listed here. "

ee also

* List of World War II military operations
* Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II - a English language translation based on compilation of works by David Glantz