This list of World War II military operations is for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern region land operations and operations within the Mediterranean Sea, e.g. naval operations such as :Category:Malta Convoys. Axis 25 (1941) — invasion of Yugoslavia. Strafe ("Punishment") (1941) — Bombing of Belgrade by Luftwaffe as part of Operation 25 Achse ("Axis") (1943) — response to Italian defection. Final plan Achse represented combination of plan Schwartz and original plan Achse. Aida (1942) — Afrika Korps advance into Egypt. Little Atlas Agadir (1944) —failed operation to fly agents into Morocco Bodden (1942) — German intelligence activity around Gibraltar Brandung (1941) — Axis attack toward El Alamein that became the Battle of Alam el Halfa Capri (1942) — counter-attack at Medenine, Tunisia Etappenhase (1944) —aborted attempt to establish assault bases along Algerian-Tunisian border Felix (1940–41) — planned invasion of Gibraltar. Frühlingswind ("Spring wind") (1943) — attack on CCA/1st at Sidi bou Zid. Gertrud — planned response in event Turkey joined the Allies. Herbstnebel 2 (1944) — rejected proposal to withdraw troops in Italy behind the Po River. Herkules (1942) — planned Axis airborne invasion of Malta. Isabella (1941) — plans for operations on the Iberian peninsula. Ilana (1942) — amended Isabella. Gisella (1942) — Isabella renamed. Nürnberg (1943) — third and final plan in case of Allied landings in the Iberian peninsula. Lehrgang ("Training Course") (1943) — evacuation of Sicily following Allied Operation Husky. Marita (1941) — invasion of Greece. Alpenveilchen ("Alpine Violet") (1941) — planned German intervention in Albania Merkur ("Mercury") (1941) — German invasion of Crete Mittelmeer ("Mediterrean") (1940–1941) — reinforcement of Regia Aeronautica in Mediterranean by X Fliegerkorps Morgenluft ("Morning Air") (1941) — occupation of Gafsa Morgenrote ("Dawn") (1944) — German counterattack against Allied Operation Shingle. Moro (1941) — refuelling of U-boats by Spain Ochsenkopf ("Ox head") (1942) — Otto (1943) — anti-Partisan operation Skorpion ("Scorpion") (1941) — Axis recapture of Halfaya Pass Sommernachtstraum ("Summers Night Dream") (1941) — Sonnenblume (Sun Flower) — movement Afrika Korps troops to North Africa as a result of Compass Sturmflut ("Storm tide") (1941) — Theseus (1942) — offensive to drive Allies out of Cyrenaica and Egypt Wintergewitter ("Winter Storm") (1944) — axis offensive against the American 92nd Infantry Division in the Apennines Venezia (1941) — axis attack on the Gazala Line Allies Abstention (1941) — British attempt to seize the island of Kastelorizo thwarted by Italian forces Acrobat (1942) — British proposal