Glossary
| A-2 | Intelligence section of air staff |
| AAF | Army Air Forces |
| AAR | After action report |
| ABDA area | American-British-Dutch-Australian theater of war covering area from Bay of Bengal to Australasia |
| Abn | Airborne |
| AC | Air Corps |
| ACofAS | Assistant Chief of Air Staff |
| Admiral Kanalkueste | Admiral commanding Channel coast naval district |
| AF | Air Force |
| AEAF | Allied Expeditionary Air Force |
| AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
| AGWAR | Adjutant General, War Department |
| A Gp | Army group |
| AKA | Cargo Ship, Attack |
| Amph | Amphibious |
| ANCXF | Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force |
| ANFA | Hotel at Casablanca at which plenary meetings were held in January 1943 |
| Anlage | Appendix or annex |
| APA | Transport Ship, Attack |
| l'Armée Secrète | Secret army formed by officers and men of the French Regular Army |
| ASW | Assistant Secretary of War |
| BAR | Browning Automatic Rifle |
| Bazooka | Rocket launcher, hand-carried |
| BCRA | Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action (Central Intelligence and Operations Bureau) |
| Belgian Gate | Barricade-like gates used as underwater obstacles |
| Bn | Battalion |
| bodenstaendig | Static (division) |
| Br | British; branch |
| Bull | Bulletin |
| CC | Combined Commanders |
| CCA | Combat Command A |
| CCS | Combined Chiefs of Staff |
| CG | Commanding General |
| CinC | Commander in Chief |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| COA | Committee of Operations Analysis |
| CofS | Chief of Staff |
| COHQ | Combined Operations Headquarters |
| Comdr | Commander |
| Commandos | Specially trained British assualt troops |
| Concertina wire | Cylindrical portable barbed wire entanglement |
| le Conseil National de la Résistance | National Council of Resistance |
| Corncobs | Blockships |
| COS | British Chiefs of Staff |
| Cosintrep | Combined situation and intelligence report |
| COSSAC | Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate) |
| CPS | Combined Planning Staff |
| DBST | Double British Summer Time |
| DD | Duplex Drive amphibious tank |
| D Day | The first day of any military operation, specifically the day OVERLORD was launched |
| DSC | Distinguished Service Cross |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
| DUKW | 2 1/2-ton, 6x6 amphibious truck |
| E-boat | Small German torpedo boat (German S-Boot) |
| Ersatzheer | German Replacement Army |
| ETO | European Theater of Operations |
| ETOUSA | European Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| FA | Field Artillery |
| FFI | Forces Françaises de l'lntérieur (French Forces of the Interior) |
| Flak | Antiaircraft |
| FO | Field Order |
| Francs Tireurs et Partisans | French communist resistance group |
| Freiwillige | Volunteers |
| Fuesilier battalion | Separate infantry and reconnaissance battalion in the German 1944-type division |
| FUSA | First United States Army |
| FUSAG | First United States Army Group |
| G-l | Personnel section of divisional or higher staff |
| G-2 | Intelligence section |
| G-3 | Operations section |
| G-4 | Supply section |
| Geschwader | Luftwaffe wing |
| GHQ | General headquarters |
| Gkdo. | Generalkommando (German corps-type headquarters) |
| GO | General Order |
| Grossadmiral | Grand-Admiral |
| Hedgehog | Portable obstacle, made of three crossed angle irons |
| Hilfswillige | Volunteer Auxiliaries (non-German) |
| Hornets | 88-mm. self-propelled antitank guns |
| Int sum | Intelligence summary |
| Jaeger (division or other unit) | Light infantry (division or other unit) |
| JB | Joint Board |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Jedburgh teams | Three-man inter-Allied teams, parachuted into French territory to act as liaison between the maquis groups and SHAEF |
| JIC | Joint Intelligence Committee |
| JPS | Joint Planning Staff |
| JSM | Joint Staff Mission |
| JSSC | Joint Strategic Survey Committee |
| JWPC | Joint War Plans Committee |
| Kampffuehrung | Conduct of operations |
| Kampfgruppe | A term loosely assigned to improvised combat units of various sizes, named usually after their commanders |
| KMA | German coastal mine |
| KTB | Kriegstagebuch (war diary) |
| Landesschuetzen battalion | Home Guard battalion sometimes employed outside Germany |
| Landfront | Landward fortifications of Cherbourg |
| Landwirt submarines | Submarines of "Group Landwirt," a special anti-invasion force of thirty-six small U-boats |
| LCA | Landing Craft, Assault |
| LCG | Landing Craft, Gun |
| LCI | Landing Craft, Infantry |
| LCM | Landing Craft, Mechanized |
| LCT | Landing Craft, Tank |
| LCT (R) | Landing Craft, Tank (Rocket) |
| LCVP | Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel |
| LSH | Landing Ship, Headquarters |
| LST | Landing Ship, Tank |
| Luftflotte Reich | German Home Air Command |
| Luftgaukommando Westfrankreich | Headquarters of the Luftwaffe administrative and supply organization in western France |
| Luftwaffe | German Air Force |
| Maquisards | Men of the maquis |
| Mark III, IV | German medium tanks |
| Mark V | German medium tank with heavy armor and high-velocity gun |
| Merkbuch | Notebook |
| Militaerbefehlshaber | Military governor |
| MLR | Main Line of Resistance |
| MRU | Machine Records Unit |
| MS-Flotilla | German mine sweepers |
| Nebelwerfer | Rocket projector or chemical mortar |
| OB SUED | Oberbefehlshaber Sued, German theater headquarters in Italy |
| OB WEST | Oberbefehlshaber West, Highest German ground headquarters of the Western Front |
| OKH | Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command) |
| OKL | Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Luftwaffe High command) |
| OKM | Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Navy High Command) |
| OKW | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces High Command) |
| ONI | Office of Naval Intelligence |
| OPD | Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| Opns |
Operations |
| Org. Abt. | Organisations Abteilung (Staff subdivision in charge of organization) |
| Organization Todt | Paramilitary construction organization of the Nazi party, auxiliary to the Wehrmacht. Named after its founder, Dr. Todt. |
| OSS | Office of Strategic Services |
| Ost | East |
| Osttruppen | Non-German volunteer troops from east-European countries |
| Panther | German Mark V tank |
| Per Rpt | Periodic report |
| Plan Tortue | Resistance plan to block road traffic |
| Plan Vert | Resistance plan to cut railroads |
| POD | Plans and Operations Division |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| Rangers | Specially trained American assault troops |
| Rhino ferry | Barge constructed of ponton units |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| S-1 | Personnel section of regimental or lower staff |
| SAC | Supreme Allied Commander |
| SAS | Special Air Service |
| S-Boot | E-boat |
| SCAEF | Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| SF | Special Force |
| SFHQ | Special Force Headquarters |
| SGS | Secretary General Staff |
| SHAEF | Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| SIS | Special Intelligence Service |
| Sitrep | Situation report |
| SNCF | Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer (National French railroad system) |
| SO | Special Operations |
| SOE | Special Operations Executive |
| SPOBS | Special Observers |
| SS | Schutzstaffel (EliteGuard) |
| Stuetzpunkt | Strong point |
| Teller mines | German antitank mines |
| Tetrahedra | Pyramid-shaped steel antitank obstacles |
| TF | Task Force |
| Tiger | German Mark VI tank |
| Tk Bn | Tank Battalion |
| TM | Technical Manual |
| T/O | Table of Organization |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| USA | United States Army |
| USAFBI | United States Army Forces in the British Isles |
| USN | United States Navy |
| USSAFE | United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe |
| USSTAF | United States Strategic Air Forces |
| Vergeltung | Vengeance |
| Verteidigungsbereich | Defensive areas |
| Volksdeutsche | Citizens of a country other than Germany who were considered Germans racially |
| Volkswagen | German jeep |
| Waffen-SS | Combat arm of the SS, in effect a partial duplication of the German Army |
| WD | War Department |
| WDCSA | War Department Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
| Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Niederlande | Armed Forces Commander Netherlands |
| Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab | Armed Forces Operations Staff |
| Werfer | Mortars; rocket launchers |
| WFSt | Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff) |
| Widerstandsnest | Resistance nest |
| WP | War Plans |
| XAP | Merchant cargo ship |
| Y Day | Target date for any military operation, specifically target date for OVERLORD |
| Zweite Stellung | German secondary defense position |
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