Operation Donnerschlag

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During World War II, the German military had operations called Donnerschlag ("Thunderclap" in German).

[edit] Operation Donnerschlag (Naval)

Undocumented operation; only one source of unknown quality associates Operation Donnerschlag with Operation Cerberus in a single sentence.

[edit] Operation Donnerschlag (Army)

The December 1942 German Army plan called for a breakout from the besieged city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) by the ill-fated German Sixth Army and their meet up with the relief Operation Wintergewitter. Donnerschlag was canceled by Hitler, after Hermann Göring's boast that the Luftwaffe would resupply the surrounded troops. This effort eventually failed totally, leaving the Sixth Army to starve under the Soviet attacks.