Operation Osprey

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Operation Osprey ("Unternehmen Fischadler" in German) was a plan conceived by the German Foreign Ministry and Abwehr II. mid-1942.[1] The plan was an enlargement of Operation Whale ("Unternehmen Wal" in German). Planning took place in the context of American troops landing in Northern Ireland 26 January 1942, and Hitler's immediate fears surrounding this.

  1. ^ Osprey was the operational name given to the plan by the Abwehr; the Foreign Ministry knew the plan as Operation Dove II ("Unternehman Taube II" in German).