Military history records three events called Operation Adler, the name meaning Eagle in German: 1. * A series of Luftwaffe attacks beginning on 13 August 1940 known as Operation Eagle Attack (Unternehmen Adlerangriff) set to begin on Adlertag ("Eagle Day"). 2. * Anti-partisan operation centered on the Chechivichi region of Belarus begun on 20 July 1942. 3. * Indecisive anti-partisan operation on the north Dalmatian coast, between Karlobag and Zadar, during November 1943. German and Croatian units provided the Axis force.