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). The Kingdom of Romania, a de facto major member of the Axis with a contribution on par with Italy's, is also included.
Operational plans of Germany, Italy and Romania
1936-1939
italian conquest of Absinia after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Italian occupation of Majorca (included the intention of annexing the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Spanish morocco, and then creating a client state in Spain) Operation Schulmeister (proposed cession of the Balearic Islands by the Spanish Republic to Italy in exchange of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War). Proposed cession of the Balearic or Canary Islands by the Spanish Republic to Germany in exchange of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War. Italian occupation of Albania after the Italian invasion of Albania
1939–1940
Fall Grün (planned invasion of Czechoslovakia, to be carried out in September 1938. Averted by the signing of the Munich Agreement. Not to be confused with the military plan to invade Ireland by the same name, see below) Operation Weiß (invasion of Poland. Carried out 1 September 1939) Operation Himmler (false flag operation to provide a casus belli for the invasion of Poland, including the Gleiwitz incident) Operation Weserübung (invasion of Denmark and Norway. Carried out 9 April 1940) Operation Gelb (invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Carried out 10 May 1940) Operation Rot (invasion of France and principal western attack. Carried out 5 June 1940) Operation Sea Lion (invasion of Great Britain, not carried out) Operation Herbstreise (a planned series of deception operations to support Sea Lion) Operation Green (invasion of Ireland in support of Sea Lion, also known as Fall Grün. Not to be confused with the military plan to invade Czechoslovakia by the same name, see above) 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 (invasion of Iceland, not carried out) Operation Felix (Spanish/German joint plan for control of Gibraltar, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Azores, it included the potential invasion of Portugal, Morocco and Spanish Sahara). Unnamed operation (subsequent occupation of Madeira) Unnamed operation (first attempt at reinforcing Italian Libya with German forces) Operation Tannenbaum (invasion plan for Switzerland) Projected German administrative divisions of occupied western and northern territories: Reichskommissariat Norwegen (implemented in 1940) Reichskommissariat Niederlande (implemented in 1940) Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich (implemented in 1944) Greater Germanic Reich (theoretical planning mostly)