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Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms which you may come across while researching a soldier who served in the Second World War. This list is by no means complete and also includes abbreviations and acronyms found both before and after the war.
Nov 11, 2013 · Here’s a list of some of the soldiers’ language that they saw emerging during and immediately after the war. In October 1941, the journal republished part of a “Glossary of Army Slang” that had...
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Apr 5, 2015 · 3— Class Z traditionally stood for the Army Reserve: when a soldier was demobilised, he was first transferred to “Class Z” (hence the expression: “Released to Class ‘Z’”). “Class Z” was abolished at the end of WWI (in 1920, according to one source), but re-instated at the end of WWII, in anticipation of war against Communism ...
Guides to military terminology in World War II: ranks, acronyms, abbreviations, slang, places, and special terms of the Army Research Branch.
- Enlisted Personnel
- Warrant Officers
- Commissioned Officers
- Status
Pvt- Private Pfc- Private 1st Class T5- Technician 5th Grade Cpl- Corporal T4- Technician 4th Grade Sgt- Sergeant T3- Technician 3rd Grade S/Sgt- Staff Sergeant T/Sgt- Technical Sergeant M/Sgt- Master Sergeant 1Sgt- 1st Sergeant
WO1- Warrant Officer 1 WO2- Chief Warrant Officer 2 WO3- Chief Warrant Officer 3 WO4- Chief Warrant Officer 4 WO5- Chief Warrant Officer 5
2Lt- 2nd Lieutenant 1Lt- 1st Lieutenant Capt- Captain Maj- Major LtC- Leutenant Colonel Col- Colonel BG- Brigadier General MG- Major General LtG- Lieutenant General Gen- General ARM- Airman A/C- Aviation Cadet
KIA- Killed in Action DOW- Died of Wounds WIA- Wounded in Action POW- Prisoner of War FOD- Finding of Death Dis- Discharged Hon- Honorable discharge DNB- Died, non-battle Med- Medical discharge MIA- Missing in Action
Definitions of the important terms you need to know about in order to understand World War II (1939–1945), including Allied Powers, Anschluss, Appeasement, Axis Powers, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of El-Alamein, Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Midway, Battle of Okinawa, Battle of Stalingrad ...
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