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Gertrude (code name)
The
Gertrude
or
Gertrud
was the
code name
of
the joint
invasion
plan
for
Turkey
by
Nazi Germany
and
Kingdom of Bulgaria
,
the idea
began
forming
in the beginning
of the
summer of 1942
. This code name was eventually
changed
.
The project
was
abandoned
because of the
rapid
advance of the
Red Army
in the
Caucasus region
, and the
Allied invasion of Sicily
.