Glossary
AAF | Army Air Forces |
AAR | After action report |
ABC | American-British Conversations |
ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
Admin | Administration |
Adv | Advance |
AF | Allied Force |
AFCP | Allied Force Command Post |
AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
AGF | Army Ground Forces |
AGWAR | Adjutant General, War Department (Washington) |
Amph | Amphibious, amphibian |
Anlage | Appendix or annex |
Armd | Armored |
Arty | Artillery |
ASC | Air support command |
BAR | Browning automatic rifle |
BLT | Battalion landing team |
Bn | Battalion |
Br. | British |
Brig | Brigade or brigadier |
CCA, CCB, CCC, CCD | Combat Command A, B, C, and D |
CCS | Combined Chiefs of Staff |
CG | Commanding general |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CinC | Commander in Chief |
CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
CO | Commanding officer |
Co | Company |
Comdr | Commander |
Commandement de l'Est Saharien | Eastern Saharan Group |
COMNAVEU | Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Europe |
Conf | Conference |
Conv | Conversation |
cos | Chiefs of Staff Committee (British) |
Cosintrep | Combined situation and intelligence report |
CP | Command post |
CRS DRB TAGO Captured Records Section, Departmental Records Branch, The Adjutant General's Office CSTT Commandement Supérieur des Troupes de Tunisie (Tunisian Troop Command) CT Combat team CTF Center Task Force CTG Commander, Task Group Ctr Center D/A Department of the Army Dept Department Detachement de Couverture Cover Force Div Division DMC Division de marche de Constantine (Constantine Division) Doc Document DWStK Deutsche Waffen Stillstandkommission (German Armistice Commission) EAF Eastern Assault Force EAP Eastern Assault Plan EBS Eastern Base Section Engr Engineer Env Envelope ETF Eastern Task Force ETOUSA European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army Exec Executive FA Field Artillery Fuehrungsgruppe Operations group Fuehrungsstab Operations staff G-1 Personnel Officer of division or higher staff G-2 Intelligence G-3 Plans and operations Gñ4 Logistics and supply GenStdH Generalstab des Heeres (General Staff of the Army) GO General order GP Group Heeresgruppe Army group Hist History or historical Incl Inclosure Inf Infantry Info Information Instrucs Instructions Intell Intelligence Interv Interview
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff Jnl Journal JSM Joint Staff Mission (British) Kampfgruppe German combat group of variable size Kasta Kampfstaffel (combat detachment) KTB Kriegstagebuch (war diary) LCM Landing craft, mechanized LCP Landing craft, personnel LCP (R) Landing craft, personnel (ramp) LCV Landing craft, vehicle LST Landing ship, tank Lt Comdr Lieutenant commander LVT Landing vehicle, tracked Maint Maintenance Micro Microfilm Mil Military Min Minutes Misc Miscellaneous Msg Message Mvmt Movement NAF North Africa NATOUSA North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army NC Naval commander NCXF Naval Commander Expeditionary Force Ob d H Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Commander in Chief of the Army) OB SUED Oberbefehlshaber Sued (Headquarters, Commander in Chief South [southern Germany and several army groups on the Eastern Front] ) OB WEST Oberbefehlshaber West (Headquarters, Commander in Chief West [France, Belgium, and the Netherlands] ) Oberkommando Headquarters of an army or higher military organization Obsn Observation Obsr Observer OCT Office, Chief of Transportation 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) OP (H) Operations Abteilung (H) (Operations Branch Army) Org Abt Organizations Abteilung (staff section in charge of organization) OPD Operations and Plans Division Opn Operation Opnl Operational OSS Office of Strategic Services Par Paragraph Prep Preparation Plat Platoon Rad Radiogram RAF Royal Air Force Rcd Record Rcn Reconnaissance RCT Regimental combat team Regt Regiment Rev Revised RLG Regimental landing group RN Royal Navy RNR Royal Navy Reserve Rpt Report Sñ1 Personnel section of a unit not having a general staff Sñ2 Military intelligence section of a unit not having a general staff Sñ3 Operations and training section of a unit not having a general staff Sñ4 Supply and evacuation section of a unit not having a general staff SCR Signal Corps radio SD Sicherheitsdienst des Reichfuehrers SS (The Nazi Party Security Service) S.I.M. Italian Army Intelligence S.I.S. Italian Naval Intelligence Sec Section Secy Secretary Sitrep Situation report SNO Senior Naval Officer SNOL Senior Naval Officer Landings SOE Special Operations Executive SOS Services of Supply
SP Self-propelled Spec Special Sub Subject Sum Summary Supp Supplementary TAG The Adjutant General TD Tank destroyer Telg Telegram TF Task force Tng Training Trans Transportation Transl Translation USFOR U.S. Forces (London) USN U.S. Navy WDCSA Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army WFSt Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff) WTF Western Task Force
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