Operation Tannenbaum a 1940 round-table conference between Italian foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, also attended by Hitler. Ciano proposed that in the event of Switzerland's dissolution, it should be divided along the central chain of the Western Alps, since Italy desired the areas to the south of this demarcation line as part of its own war-aims. This would have left Italy in control of Ticino, Valais, and Graubünden. Operation Tannenbaum Operation "Tannenbaum ("Fir Tree"), known earlier as Operation "Grün ("Green"), was a planned but cancelled invasion of Switzerland by Nazi Germany and Italy during World War
Thomas D. Tannenbaum Becall's first television special "Applause". The television series "Kojak" and "The Incredible Hulk" were also supervised under Tannenbaum. He stayed there until 1977. In 1977, Tannenbaum became executive vice president of production for Columbia's television division. At Columbia, Tannenbaum oversaw the soap operas "The Young and the Restless" and "Days of Our Lives". He also oversaw production of "Fantasy Island". He left Columbia in 1980. He went back to MGM this time for its television subsidiary. While there, Tannenbaum developed and packaged five primetime series, including "Fame" and "Chicago Story", as well as several made-for-television movies and attracted such talent