The following is a list of military operations conducted in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland during World War II. Axis Birke ("Birch") (1944) — German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War Birkhahn (1945) — German evacuation from Norway. Büffel ("Buffalo") (1940) — German operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway Hokki ("Calk") (1944) — Finnish plan to destroy railroad tracks to deny the Soviets their supplies. Holzauge ("Wood knot") (1942) — activities in Greenland Ikarus (1940) — planned German invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork Juno (1940) — German naval operation to disturb allied supplies to Norway Kilpapurjehdus ("Regatta") (1941) — Finnish naval operation for the militarization of the Åland islands. Lachsfang (1942) — Proposed combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk Nordlicht 2 ("Aurora Borealis") (1944) — German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941) — German and Finnish operations in the Arctic, including: Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue Fox 1") (1941) — Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland Blaufuchs 2 ("Blue Fox 2") (1941) — Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") (1941) — Joint German-Finnish attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") (1941) — Joint German-Finnish attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941) — German occupation of Petsamo Safari (1943) — German operation to capture and disarm Danish forces Sizilien (1943) — German raid upon Allied-occupied Spitzbergen (Svalbard) Tanne Ost (1944) — failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland Tanne West (1944) — planned German attempt to capture the Åland from Finland Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") (1940) — German invasion of Denmark and Norway Weserübung Nord ("Weser Exercise") (1940) — German invasion of Trondheim and Narvik Weserübung Sud ("Weser Exercise") (1940) — German invasion of Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo Zitronella ("Lemon flavour") (1943) — alternate name for Operation Sizilien Allies Alphabet (1940) — evacuation of British troops from Norway Apostle (1945) — SAS operation to enforce German surrender in Norway Archery (1941) — British commando raid on Vågsøy, Norway Anklet (1941) — raid on German positions on Lofoten Islands, Norway Brandy (1943) — MTB and commando raid on Florø, Norway Carthage (1945) — RAF bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark Cartoon (1943) — commando raid on the island of Stord near Leirvik, Norway Catherine (1939) British plan to gain