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| WAAC |
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (USA)
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| WAAF |
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (British)
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| Waffen SS |
The branch of the SS which formed military fighting divisions
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| Wehrmacht |
The German armed forces - headed by the OKW
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| Weserubung |
"River Exercise" - Operational code name for the German invasion of Denmark and Norway - April 1940
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| Window |
Also known as Chaff - metallic foil strips dropped from bombers to give the appearance to German radar of mass formations of aircraft
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| Wintergewitter |
"Winter Storm" - Operational code name for the unsuccessful German attempt to relieve the 6th Army at Stalingrad - December 1942
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| Wolfschanze |
"Wolf's Lair" - code name for Hitler's headquarters near Rastenburg in East-Prussia
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| WPD |
War Plans Department (US)
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| WRNS |
Women's Royal Naval Service (British)
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| WVS |
Women's Voluntary Service (British)
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