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Term	Definition
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
RAF	Royal Air Force (Britain)
Rainbow	Code name given to US war plans drawn up for various scenarios
RAN	Royal Australian Navy
RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force
RCN	Royal Canadian Navy
RDF	Radio Direction Finding
Reckless	Operational code name for US operations in Hollandia, New Guinea - April 1944
Red Army	The Soviet armed forces
Reichstag	The German Parliament
RFSS	Reichsfuehrer SS - "Reich Leader SS" the formal title of Heinrich Himmler
RIN	Royal Indian Navy
Ring	Operational code name for Soviet offensive against German army at Stalingrad - January 1943
RN	Royal Navy (Britain)
RNZAF	Royal New Zealand Air Force
RNZN	Royal New Zealand Navy
RSHA	Reichssicherheitshauptamt - "Reich Security Main Office" - orgainisation created by Himmler to coordinate all German security and police departments including the Gestapo, Kripo and SD.
Rumyantsev	Operational code name for Soviet counter offensive at the battle of Kursk, following operation Citadel - August 1943

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