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When you research a soldier who served in either the British or Indian Army during the Second World War you’ll be confronted by a wide range of military jargon. This is often in the form of abbreviations and acronyms and can make reading military documents very difficult.
- Allied Powers
- Anschluss
- Appeasement
- Axis Powers
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of The Coralsea
- Battle of El-Alamein
- Battle of Guadalcanal
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Battle of Midway
An alliance during World War II made up of the countriesthat opposed the aggression of Nazi Germany. Britain, France,the United States, and the Soviet Unionwerethe most prominent members, although many other countries also joined.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s doctrine of Germanpolitical union with Austria, which effectively enabledGermany to annex that nation in March 1938.
The British and French policy of conceding to AdolfHitler’s territorial demands prior to the outbreak of WorldWar II. Associated primarily with British prime minister NevilleChamberlain, the appeasement policy enabled Hitler to systematicallytake over the territories of several neighboring countries.
The collective term for Germany, Italy,and Japan’s military alliance in opposition to the AlliedPowers. Several smaller countries in Eastern Europe alsobecame members of the Axis Powers temporarily.
An extended campaign from July 1940 tothe spring of 1941 in which British airforcesfought off wave after wave of German bombers and deniedGermany in its quest to attain air superiority over Britain. Althoughmajor cities in England sustained heavy damage, the British resistanceforced Germany to abandon its plans to invade across the EnglishChannel.
A battle from May 4–8, 1942,in which U.S. naval forces successfully protected the Allied baseat Port Moresby, New Guinea, the last Allied outpoststanding between the Japanese onslaught and Australia.The battle, which caused heavy losses on both sides, was the firstnaval battle in history fought exclusively in the air, by carrier-basedplanes.
An October and November 1942battlethat was the climax of the North African campaign. A resoundingvictory by the British over the Germans, the battle paved the wayfor the Allied takeover of North Africa and the retreat of Germanforces back across the Mediterranean.
A campaign from August 1942 toFebruary 1943 inwhich U.S. Marines fought brutal battles to expel Japanese forcesfrom the Solomon Islands, a strategically importantisland chain in the South Pacific near Australia.
A battle in February and March 1945 inwhich U.S. forces took Iwo Jima, a small but strategically importantisland off the Japanese coast. During the battle, an AssociatedPress photographer took a world-famous photograph of U.S. Marinesraising the American flag on the summit of Mt. Suribachi.
A battle from June 3–6, 1942,in which U.S. naval forces severely disabled the Japanese fleetat Midway Island in the Pacific. Coming close on theheels of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle ofMidway forced Japan into defensive mode and turned the tide of thewar in the Pacific theater.
Nov 11, 2013 · In October 1941, the journal republished part of a “Glossary of Army Slang” that had been distributed by the Public Relations Division of the US Army. The list, printed before the war ...
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Apr 5, 2015 · I have compiled a list of abbreviations found in my father's Service Record (he was in the Intelligence Corps, in the British Army, during WWII); I have been through the whole lot by now, having started in late 2013 and doing a bit of it once a week... You may find this recap useful.
Sep 6, 2016 · The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which signaled the return of the U.S. military draft as employed during World War I, was meant to control how many people entered service, so that no more than 900,000 would be in training at any one time.
Guides to military terminology in World War II: ranks, acronyms, abbreviations, slang, places, and special terms of the Army Research Branch.
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