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Glossary of WW2 terms and abbreviations
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| Fahnenheid |
The oath of allegiance to Hitler sworn by the German Army
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| Fall Gelb |
Case Yellow - Operational code name for the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France
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| Fall Gruen |
Case Green - Operational code name for the intended German military invasion of Czechoslovakia
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| Fall Rot |
Case Red - Operational code name for counterstrike against France in the event of an attack on Germany from the West
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| Fall Weiss |
Case White - Operational code name for the German invasion of Poland
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| FCNL |
French Comittee of National Liberation
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| Feldgendarmerie |
German military police
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| Feldgrau |
"Field Grey" - term used to describe the ordinary German soldier - from the colour of his tunic.
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| Felix |
Operational code name for the German plan to capture Gibraltar in 1941
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| FFI |
French Forces of the Interior
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| FH |
Fremde Heere - German intelligence evaluation service
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| FHO |
Fremde Heere Ost - German intelligence evaluation service - eastern section
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| FHW |
Fremde Heere West - German intelligence evaluation service - western section
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| Final Solution |
Name given to the German policy of genocide of the Jewish population
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| Fischfang |
"Fish Trap" - Operational code name for the German counter attack on the Allied beachead at Anzio in February 1944
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| Flash |
Code name for the assassination attempt on Hitler by the Schwarze Kapelle in March 1943 - where a bomb was placed on Hitler's aircraft.
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| Flat Top |
Nickname for aircraft carrier
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| Flintlock |
Operational code name for the US invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944
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| Forager |
Operational code name for the US invasion of the Mariana Islands in June 1944
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| Forschungsamt |
The intelligence service of the Luftwaffe
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| Fortitude |
Operational code name for the Allied deception operations prior to the invasion of Normandy
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| FUSAG |
First US Army Group - a fictitious army group under the command of General Patton which appeared to be based in south-east England prior to the Normandy landings and was intended to give the impression that the Allies were due to invade France via the Pas de Calais
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