Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

AA, Anti-aircraft

A. A. F., Army Air Force

A–B, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)

ABDA, American-British-Dutch-Australian, applied to the theater of war from the Bay of Bengal to Australasia

Admiral Q. (or Admiral Queen), President Roosevelt

A. E. A. F., Allied Expeditionary Air Force

AFHQ, Allied Force Headquarters

AGC, Amphibious Command Ship

AlSib, Alaska-Siberia transportation route

Alusna, United States Naval Attaché

A. M. G., filing symbol signifying American Military Government

Anakim, planned operation to retake Burma and open the communications line to China through the port of Rangoon

Anfa, Casablanca

Anvil, planned amphibious assault on southern France

A/SA/A, anti-submarine auxiliary ship

ATB, Committee for the Administration of Territories-Balkan (British)

A. T. C., Air Transport Command

Avalanche, Allied amphibious attack at Salerno, Italy

B–24, a type of four-engine long-range bomber

B–29, a type of four-engine heavy bomber

Beaufort, a type of British two-engined medium bomber

Black, communications indicator of the White House Map Room

Bns., battalions

BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation

Buccaneer, planned amphibious operation against the Andaman Islands

Bullfrog, planned operation against the Arakan (Burma) coast

C–46, a type of twin-engine transport airplane

C–47, a type of twin-engine transport airplane

C–87, a type of four-engine transport airplane

Cairo 3, Tehran

C. A. S., Chief of the Air Staff (British)

C. B. I., China-Burma-India (Theater of Operations)

CCAC, Combined Civil Affairs Committee

C. C. S., Combined Chiefs of Staff Celestes, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

C in C, Commander in Chief

CN, Chinese national currency

Colonel Warden, Prime Minister Churchill

C. O. S., Chiefs of Staff

COSSAC, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (designate)

Culverin, planned attack on the Netherlands Indies

CVE, Aircraft Carrier Escort

DD, Destroyer

D-day, the first day of any military operation; specifically the day for launching Overlord

DelAm, communications indicator signifying American Delegation

Dickie, Lord Louis Mountbatten

Divs., divisions

Drake, plan for the bombing of Japan from China

E. A. C., European Advisory Commission

ELAS, Greek resistance forces

ETOUSA, European Theater of Operations, United States Army

Eureka, the Tehran Conference of 1943

EW, filing symbol signifying European War

EWT, Eastern War Time

Fan, military communications indicator signifying North Africa

fapi, Chinese paper currency

FE, Far East

First Culverin, planned operation against northern Sumatra

Former Naval Person, Prime Minister Churchill

Freedom, communications indicator for the Allied radio station at Algiers

Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek

GHQ, General Headquarters

Gib., Gibraltar

G. M. T., Greenwich Mean Time

G. O. C., General Officer Commanding

Gripfast, planned attack on north and central Burma, a modification of Tarzan

Halifax, a type of British four-engine heavy bomber

Hercules, planned operation against Rhodes

H. M. G., His Majesty’s Government (British)

H. O., Hydrographic Office of the Navy

Hurricane, a type of British fighter plane

Husky, Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943

Intd., initialed

J. C. S., Joint Chiefs of Staff

Joe, Joseph Stalin

JU88, a type of German bomber

Jupiter, planned attack on Norway

Lancaster, British four-engine heavy bomber

LCA, Landing Craft, Assault

LCC, Landing Control Craft

LCI(L), Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)

LCM, Landing Craft, Mechanized

LCP, Landing Craft, Personnel

LCP(L), Landing Craft, Personnel (Large)

LCS(M), Landing Craft, Support (Medium)

LCS(S), Landing Craft, Support (Small)

LCT, Landing Craft, Tank

LCVP, Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel

L. of C., line of communications

L. R. P., long-range penetration

LRPG’s, Long-Range Penetration Groups

LSI(L), Landing Ship, Infantry (Large)

LST, Landing Ship, Tank

LVT, Landing Vehicle, Tracked

Matterhorn, plan for operating longrange bombers (B–29’s) from Chungtu against Japan

M. E., Middle East

M. E. D. C., Middle East Defence Committee (British)

MESC, Middle East Supply Center

M. I. M. E., Ministry of Information, Middle East (British)

Mr. Brown, Foreign Commissar Molotov

Msg., message

MT, military transport

Mulberries, artificial harbors built for use in Operation Overlord

NATO, North African Theater of Operations

N. E. I., Netherlands East Indies

“O”, Oran

Oboe, Oran

O. S. S., Office of Strategic Services

Overlord, the Allied invasion of northwest Europe in the spring of 1944

OWI, Office of War Information

PA/M, Office of the Political Adviser (Murray) in the Department of State

Panzer, armor (German)

P. M., Prime Minister (British)

Pointblank, the Combined Bomber Offensive from the United Kingdom against Germany

P. R., Public Relations Office

PW, filing symbol signifying Pacific War

P. W. E., Political Warfare Executive (British)

Quadrant, the Quebec Conference of 1943

R. A. F., Royal Air Force (British)

Rankin, plan for the return of Allied forces to Continental Europe in the event of a sudden weakening of German resistance

Rankin C, plan for the return of Allied forces to Continental Europe in the event of a collapse of German resistance

RCA, Radio Corporation of America

R. D. F., radio direction finding (an early term for radar)

R. N., Royal Navy (British)

Roundup, plan for a major cross-channel operation in 1943

S. A. C., Supreme Allied Commander

SACSEA, Supreme Allied Commander, Southeast Asia

SC, Submarine Chaser (Patrol Vessel)

SD, communications indicator signifying Department of State

S. E. A., Southeast Asia

S. E. A. C., Southeast Asia Command

Sextant, the Cairo Conferences, November 22–26 and December 2–7, 1943

S. I. M. E., Security Intelligence, Middle East (British)

S. O. E., Secret Operations Executive (British)

Spitfire, a type of British fighter plane

Tarzan, India-based portion of a general offensive against Burma

Trident, the Washington Conference in May 1943

U, Office of the Under Secretary of State

U–boat, German submarine

U. E., unit equipment (equipment assigned to operational units)

U. J. (Uncle Joe), Marshal Stalin

Uncle J. (Uncle Joe), Marshal Stalin

UKCC, United Kingdom Commercial. Corporation

U. S. A. A. F., United States Army-Air Forces

U. S. A. F., United States Air Force

USAFIME, United States Army Forces in the Middle East

USnavcom, United States Navy communications indicator

USSAFE, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe

USSS, United States Secret Service

V. L. R., very long range

White, communications indicator of the White House Map Room

WT, Wireless Transmitter

X–force, the Chinese Army in India

Y date, target date for any military operation, specifically with reference to Operation Overlord

Y–force, a group of American-sponsored Chinese divisions

Z–force, a group of about 30 Chinese divisions which were eventually to be reorganized and supplied with. American equipment

Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943

List of abbreviations, symbols, and code names