Operation Felix
| Operation Felix | |
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| Part of the Western Front of the Second World War | |
Invasion plans of Nazi Germany and probable routes of British invasion. | |
| 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 presupposed 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 to the influence of British intelligence.