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
A Celtic Christmas Dublin, Ireland. A Celtic Christmas Celtic Woman: A Celtic Christmas is an album by the group Celtic Woman, released on November 25, 2011. This album was released exclusively in Germany. Performers in "A Celtic Christmas" are vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe, Órla Fallon, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Lynn Hilary, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. Most songs were taken from previous releases ( and ), and this album is the third Christmas-themed one to be released by the group. New songs in this album include "An Angel" and "There Must Be An Angel", as well as two live recordings from the