Glossary

AAA Antiaircraft artillery
AAF Army Air Forces
AAR After action report
Abn Airborne
ACIGS Assistant Chief, Imperial General Staff
Admin Administrative
ADSEC Advance Section
AEAF Allied Expeditionary Air Force
AEF Allied Expeditionary Force
AF Air Force
AFA American Forces in Action
AGF Army Ground Forces
AGp Army Group
AGWAR Adjutant General, War Department
Ammo Ammunition
ANCXF Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force
Anlage(n) Appendix or annex
ANVIL The plan for the Allied invasion of southern France
Armd Armored
Arty Artillery
Avn Aviation
AW Automatic weapons
BAOR British Army Operations Records
BAR Browning automatic rifle
BCT Battalion combat team
Bd Board
BLUECOAT British Second Army attack south from Caumont, beginning on 29 July 1944
Bn Battalion
Br Branch; British
C Combat
Cav Cavalry
CB Combat battalion
CCA Combat Command A
CCB Combat Command B
CCR Combat Command R
CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff
CG Commanding General
CT Combat Interviews
CIGS Chief, Imperial General Staff
CinC Commander in Chief
Circ Circulation
Cm’ Chemical
CO Commanding Officer
Co Company
COBRA First Army plan and operation to penetrate the German defenses in the Cotentin by the combination of concentrated power on the ground and overwhelming bombardment from the air; the breakthrough starting 25 July
CofS Chief of Staff
Comd Command
Comdr Commander
COMZ Communications Zone
Conf Conference
Conti Control
COSSAC Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (designate)
CP Command post
CROSSBOW The Allied air attacks by heavy bombers on the launching sites for the German V—1 weapons
Dept Department
Dir Directive
Div Division
Doc Document
DRAGOON The plan for the Allied invasion of southern France, code name that replaced
ANVIL
DSC Distinguished Service Cross
ECB Engineer combat battalion
Engr Engineer
ESB Engineer special brigade
Est Estimate
ETHINT European Theater Historical Interview of former German military personnel
ETOUSA European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
EUCOM European Command
FA Field artillery
FFI Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur (French Forces of the Interior)
Flak Antiaircraft
Fld Field
FO Field Order
714 BREAKOUT AND PURSUIT
FORTITUDE Allied deception operations designed to convince the Germans of an invasion of western Europe in the Pas-de-Calais area
FUSA First U.S. Army
G-1 Personnel section of division or higher staff
G-2 Intelligence section of division or higher
staff
G-3 Operations section of division or higher staff
G-4 Logistics and Supply section of division or higher staff
Gen General
GOODWOOD British Second Army plan and operation, south of Caen, 18 July 1944
Gp Group
HE High-explosive
Hist Historical
Hosp Hospital
Hq Headquarters
IG Inspector General
Immed Immediate
Incl Inclosure
Inf Infantry
Info Information
Instr Instruction
Intel Intelligence
Interv Interview
I.S.I.S. Inter-Service Information Series
Jnl Journal
JPS Joint Staff Planners
Jt Joint
King Tigers German heavy tanks
KTB Kriegstagebuch (war dairy)
Ltr Letter
LVT (1) Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Unarmored (Mark I) “Alligator”
MC Medical Corps
Mecz Mechanized
Mil Military
Min Minutes
MIRS Military Intelligence Research Section
MLR Main line of resistance
Msg Message
Mtg Meeting
NCWTF Naval Commander Western Task Force
Nebelwerfer Rocket projector or chemical mortar
NEPTUNE The plan for the invasion of western Europe, used for security reasons after September 1943 in place of OVERLORD
OB WEST Oberbefehlshaber West
Oberbefehlshaber West Highest ground headquarters of the Western Front
Oberster Befehlshaber der Deutschen Wehrmacht Supreme Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
Objs Objectives
Obs Observation
OCMH Office of the Chief of Military History
OKH Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command)
OKL

Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Air Force High Command)

OKM Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Navy High Command)
OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces High Command)
OMAHA The Normandy beach assaulted by the U.S. V Corps on 6 June 1944
ONI Office of Naval Intelligence
OP Observation post
Opn (s) Operation (s)
Ord Ordnance
OVERLORD Plan for the invasion of western Europe in 1944 designed to secure for the Allies the lodgment area bounded by the Seine, Eure, and Loire Rivers
Panther German Mark V tank
Panzerfaust Recoilless German antitank rocket, hand-carried
Per Periodic
Ping Planning
POL Petrol, oil, and lubricants
Prog Progress
PS Planning staff
PWI Prisoner of war interrogation
Pz Panzer
QMG Quartermaster General
RAF Royal Air Force
Rcd Record
RCT Regimental combat team
Recon Reconnaissance
Regt Regiment
Rev Revised
Rhinos Rhinoceros attachments to cut hedgerows
Rpt Report
S-3 Operations and training section of a unit not having a general staff
SC Supreme Commander
SCAEF Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
SCR Signal Corps radio
Sec Section
Secy Secretary
Sery Service
SGS Secretary, General Staff
SHAEF Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Sig Signal
Sitrep Situation report
SOP Standing operating procedure
SP Self-propelled
Spec Special
Sq Squadron
SS Shutzstaffel (Elite Guard)
TAC Tactical Air Command
TD Tank destroyer
Tel Telephone
Telecon Telephone conversation
Telg Telegram
TF Task force
Tiger German Mark VI (heavy tank)
Tk Tank
TOTALIZE First Canadian Army attack toward Falaise, 8 August 1944
TSFET Theater Service Forces European Theater
TUSA Third U.S. Army
USAF U.S. Air Force
USAFET U.S. Army Forces, European Theater
USFET U.S. Forces in the European Theater
USSAFE U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe
USSTAF U.S. Strategic Air Forces
UTAH The Normandy beach assaulted by the U.S. VII Corps on 6 June 1944
V-1 Vergeltungswaffe (Vengeance weapon)
V-2 Supersonic rockets
VHF Very high frequency
Waffen SS Combat arm of the SS
Wehrmacht Armed Forces
Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Armed Forces Commander
Werfer Mortar, rocket launcher
WFSt Wehrmachtführungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff)
WP White phosphorus