Expansion operations and planning of
the Axis Powers
Nazi Germany (War Flag)
Imperial Japan
Kingdom of Italy
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).
Operational plans of Ger-
many and Italy
1939-1940
• Operation Weiß (invasion of Poland)
• Operation Weserübung (invasion of
Denmark and Norway. Carried out 9 April
1940.)
• Operation Gelb (invasion of the
Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg)
• Operation Rot (invasion of France and
principal western attack)
• Operation Sealion (invasion of Great
Britain, not carried out)
• Operation Marita (invasion of Greece,
carried out later)
• Operation Barbarossa (invasion of USSR,
carried out later)
• Italian Operations: invasion of Albania,
first attempt to invade Greece (Greco-
Italian War)
• Operation Ikarus (Iceland, not carried out)
• Operation Felix (Spanish/German joint
plan for control of Gibraltar, Canary
Islands, Cape Verde, and Azores)
• Unnamed operation (subsequent
occupation of Madeira)
• Operation Isabella (Portugal Invasion)
• Fall Grün (Case Green) Invasion plan for
Éire (Ireland)
• Unnamed operation (Invasion of Turkey,
Syria, Lebanon, Suez Canal in Egypt)
• Unnamed operation (first attempt at
reinforcing Italian Libya with German
forces)
• Operation Tannenbaum Invasion plan for
Switzerland
1941-1942
• Operation Marita (invasion of Greece,
Germany supporting the Italian efforts)
• Operation Merkur (invasion of Crete)
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Expansion operations and planning of the Axis
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Original German Barbarossa plan
• Operation Sonnenblume (Erwin Rommel
and the Afrika Korps reinforcing the Axis
defenses of Cyrenaica in 1941)
• Operation Barbarossa (invasion of USSR,
carried out)
• Operation Blau (plan to occupy the
Caucasus, an expansion of the Barbarossa
operation)
• Operation Attila/Anton (planne