Operation Eisbär
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Military history records three Operation Eisbär, all conducted by the Germans in 1943. The name means Polar bear
in German.
They were:
Polar Bear
The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...
in German.
They were:
- German evacuation of the French island of CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
on 3 October, 1943. - The German amphibious and airborne landingsBattle of KosThe Battle of Kos was a brief battle between British, Italian and German forces for the control of the Greek island of Kos, in the then Italian-held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea.-Background:...
on the British and Italian-held Greek island of KosKosKos or Cos is a Greek island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos. It measures by , and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Kos peripheral unit, which is...
on 3 October. - An anti-partisan operation conducted in January 1943 in the area between BryanskBryanskBryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Moscow. Population: -History:The first written mention of Bryansk was in 1146, in the Hypatian Codex, as Debryansk...
and Dmitriyev-LgovskyDmitriyev-LgovskyDmitriyev , also known as Dmitriyev-Lgovsky , is a town and the administrative center of Dmitriyevsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Svapa River , northwest of Kursk on the Moscow–Kiev highway. Population:...
, Russia.