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Glossary of WW2 terms and abbreviations

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Term	Definition
Jael	Operational code name for the Allied deception operations in Europe - later called Plan Bodyguard
JCS	Joint Chiefs of Staff - US high command, representing US Army and Navy
JIC	Joint Intelligence Committee - Top intelligence body in both USA and UK
JPS	Joint Planning Staff - British military planning organization
JSC	Joint Security Control - US organization, subordinate to the JCS responsible for security/codebreaking/deception operations
Jubilee	Operational code name for the British-Canadian raid on Dieppe - August 1942
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
Jupiter	Operational code name for British plan to invade Norway

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