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Operation Felix
Part of the Western Front of the Second World War
Invasion plans of Nazi Germany and probable routes of British invasion.[1][2]
Operational scope
Iberian Peninsula
Planned
June–August 1940
Planned by
OKW
Objective
Capture Gibraltar
Outcome
Eventual cancellation and diversion of German forces
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Operation Felix (German: Unternehmen Felix) was the codename for a proposed German Wehrmacht campaign to cross into Spain and to seize Gibraltar early in the Second World War. The planned operation pre-supposed the co-operation of the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco; it did not occur chiefly because of Franco's reluctance to enter the war - partially due[citation needed] to the influence of British intelligence.
^areamilitar.net. "As forças preparadas para a invasão (Portuguese)".
^Bill Stone. "Second World War Books: Operation Felix: Assault on Gibraltar". stone&stone.
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the main daylight operations. Kesselring was sceptical about attacking Britain. He advocated capturing Gibraltar (OperationFelix), encouraging the British...
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