British Army Lance Corporal rank. Oberschütze – Senior Rifleman. Historical rank used up until 1945, not in use in the Bundeswehr. Gemeiner – Private (enlisted personnel). Historically, and up until 1918, the rank of Gemeiner was ordinarily used for an enlisted soldier of Private rank. Grenadier/Schütze/Soldat/Matrose/Flieger/Sanitäter – Private (enlisted personnel) For additional comparisons, see Comparative military ranks of World War II. List of military operations The German term for "Operation" is Unternehmen, literally "undertaking". Adlerangriffe (Eagle Attack) series of raids against Royal Air Force (RAF). Adlertag – Eagle Day; day one of intense raiding against RAF 13 August 1940 known as Operation Eagle Attack (postponed from 10 August). Anton – occupation of Vichy France, November 1942; later known as Atilla. Atilla – occupation of Vichy France, November 1942 (previously, Anton). Aufbau Ost – Eastern Buildup; build-up of arms prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union. Barbarossa – invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Barbarossa, or "Red Beard" was the nickname for Emperor Frederick I, who attempted to unify Germanic states in the 12th century. Bernhard – scheme to counterfeit British bank notes and put them into circulation; begun in 1942. Bodenplatte – Base Plate; air offensive against Allied airfields in north-western Europe, New Year's Day 1945. Eiche – Oak; mission to rescue Benito Mussolini by Fallschirmjäger led by Skorzeny. Eisenhammer – Iron Hammer, planned strategic bombing raid on Soviet electric power generation water turbines, potentially knocking out three-quarters of all western Soviet electrical generation capacity, never carried out Fall Blau – Case Blue; summer offensive in Southern Russia. Fall Gelb – Case Yellow; invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Fall Grün – Case Green; intended invasion of Czechoslovakia. Fall Rot – Case Red; counterstrike against France in the event of an attack from the West. Fall Weiß – Case White; invasion of Poland. Felix – plan to capture Gibraltar in 1941. It never took place. Fischfang – Fish Trap; counterattack on the Allied beachhead at Anzio in February 1944. Greif – Griffin; dropping of English-speaking troops wearing American uniforms behind the Allied lines in the Ardennes, prior to the Battle of the Bulge. Herbstnebel – Autumn Mist; offensive in the Ardennes, December 1944. Better known as the Battle of the Ardennes. Herkules – projected invasion of Malta by Fallschirmjäger and the navy. Never executed. Kathrin – plan to help the Irish Republican Army to commit terrorism