Operation Tannenbaum

Operation Tannenbaum
Part of World War II
German plans for the invasion, occupation, and/or annexation of Switzerland & Liechtenstein, dated 1940 and March 1944
Date1940–1944
Location
Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Result Operation aborted after the Allied invasion of France
Belligerents
 Germany
 Italy
 Vichy France (until 1942)		   Switzerland
 Liechtenstein

Operation Tannenbaum ("Fir Tree"), known earlier as Operation Grün ("Green"), was a planned invasion of Switzerland and Liechtenstein by the Axis Powers during World War II.

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