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| Herbstnebl |
"Autumn Mist" - Operational code name for the German offensive in the Ardennes, December 1944 - Also known as The Battle of the Bulge
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| HIWI |
Hilfsfreiwillige - German Army volunteer forces usually made up of Soviet volunteers
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| Holocaust |
The act of genocide carried out by Germany on the Jewish population of Europe
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| Huff-Duff |
HF/DF - High Frequency / Direction Finding - British radio detection system used to pinpoin the direction of broadcasts from German submarines and ships and thus locate the transmitting craft
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| Humint |
Human Intelligence - Intelligence gathered by spies and informers (as opposed to signals intelligence or SIGINT)
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| Husky |
Operational code name for the Allied landings in Sicily - July 1943
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| IA |
Indian Army
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| Ichi Go |
Operational code name for the Japanese offensive operations in Eastern China - April 1944
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| IFF |
Identification Friend or Foe - Radio device fitted to aircraft in order to identify the aircraft as friendly when approaching home radar stations
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| INA |
Indian National Army
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| Jael |
Operational code name for the Allied deception operations in Europe - later called Plan Bodyguard
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| JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff - US high command, representing US Army and Navy
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| JIC |
Joint Intelligence Committee - Top intelligence body in both USA and UK
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| JPS |
Joint Planning Staff - British military planning organization
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| JSC |
Joint Security Control - US organization, subordinate to the JCS responsible for security/codebreaking/deception operations
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| Jubilee |
Operational code name for the British-Canadian raid on Dieppe - August 1942
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| Juno |
Operational code name for one of the D-Day landing areas in Normandy between the Provence River and the town of St. Aubin sur Mer - principally a Canadian landing area
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| Jupiter |
Operational code name for British plan to invade Norway
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| Kempei |
Japanese military police
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| Knickebein |
"Crooked Leg" - German navigational system using radio beams to guide bombers
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| Kondor Mission |
German espionage operation based in Egypt
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| Konstantin |
Operational code name for the German occupation of the Balkans areas previously occupied by Italian forces - September 1943
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| Kriegsmarine |
The German Navy
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| Kripo |
Kriminalpolizei - German criminal police department
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| Kutusov |
Operational code name for the Soviet offensive against German forces in the Kursk Salient - July 1943
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