As the Red Army advanced on East Prussia, Adm. Karl Dönitz began preparations for Operation Hannibal, the mass evacuation of German troops and civilians from the area.
Hitler on the other hand was concluding the preparations for "Operation Barbarossa", the invasion of the Soviet Union.
In early 1942, the crews of Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser made preparations for Operation Cerberus, a daylight dash up the English Channel.
Eckoldt returned to Germany in late 1940 for a refit and was transferred to Norway in June 1941 as part of the preparations for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
"That is why we work hard to improve training and preparation for operations, and work hard to improve support of men and women in the field and when they get back home.
In this paper we review recent developments in cometary science, including data on target comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko. We report on laboratory measurements and the calibration of the COSAC instrument as well as the preparation for operations on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko.
Lightly damaged at Kure in March 1945, the ship was then rearmed in preparation for operations.
She once again served escort duty during the disastrous Battle of Midway, before transferring to Truk Lagoon in preparation for operations against American landings on Guadalcanal.
In September 2014, as part of Operation Okra the Australian Army deployed a Special Operations Task Group SOTGG) of approximately 200 personnel to the United Arab Emirates in preparation for operations to assist and advise Iraqi Security Forces following an offensive by Islamic State forces.
She later sailed to Gibraltar, arriving on 21 September to begin a refit that, among other things, augmented her anti-aircraft outfit in preparation for operations in the Pacific.
