'Cannae' (iii) was a German and Croat unrealised operation against the partisan forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in the puppet state of Croatia in German-occupied Yugoslavia (16 January/3 February 1944).

The undertaking’s objective was the clearance of undetermined partisans from the area between the Sava and Drava rivers, and thereby make it possible to seize foodstuffs for the Croat armed forces.

The German contribution to the operation took the form of elements of Generalleutnant Josef Brauner von Haydringen’s 42^nd Jägerdivision, elements of Generalmajor Georg Zwade’s 367^th Division and one Croat police battalion of ethnic Germans, while that of the Croats was the 1/1^st Ustase Regiment, reinforced 3^rd Recruit Battalion, elements of Pukovnik Stjepan Peričić's 1^st Mountain Brigade, major elements of Pukovnik Stjepan Grlić's 4^th Mountain Brigade, 2/2^nd Regiment, Artillery Battery/Domobran Central School 'Varazdin', one howitzer battery, four tanks and air force support.

The operation was cancelled on 3 February by Generaloberst Dr Lothar Rendulic’s 2^nd Panzerarmee and replaced by 'Kaub'.