Glossary of foreign terms
- Abwehr
- ('defence') German military intelligence and counter-intelligence
organisation
- Afrika Korps
- German formation commanded by Maj Gen Erwin Rommel
from Feb-Aug 1941 and until Mar 1943
an integral part of Panzer Army Africa
- Allgemeine SS
- General SS, the SS organisation as a whole
- Anschluss
- German annexation of Austria, Mar 1938
- Blitzkrieg
- lightning war
- Duffardar
- Indian Army cavalry non-commissioned officer, equivalent to Sgt
- Duffardar Major
- Indian Army cavalry non-commissioned officer, equivalent to Sgt Maj
- EAM
- Ethnikon Apeleftherotikon Metopon, National Liberation
Front, political wing of the Greek communist-controlled guerilla
organisation ELAS
- ELAS
- Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos,
National People's Liberation Army, the communist-controlled
Greek guerilla organisation
- FFI
- Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur, the French forces
of the interior, formed in Feb 1944 from resistance
forces and commanded from London
- Flak
- Fliegerabwehrkanonen (anti-aircraft artillery), term
for German anti-aircraft fire
- Gestapo
- acronym for Geheime Staatspolizei, the German
State Secret Police
- Havildar
- Indian Army infantry non-commissioned officer, equivalent to Sgt
- Havildar Major
- Indian Army infantry non-commissioned officer, equivalent to Sgt Maj
- Jemadar
- Indian Army cavalry or infantry junior officer, equivalent to Lt
- Kriegsmarine
- German Navy
- Lance Duffardar
- Indian Army cavalry non-commissioned officer, equivalent to Cpl
- Lance Naik
- Indian Army infantry non-commissioned officer, equivalent to L Cpl
- Luftwaffe
- German Air Force
- Maquis
- French resistance groups, named after a
type of Corsican brushwood used for cover
- Nazi
- acronym from Nationalsozialistische Deutsche
Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), the National Socialist
German Workers' Party
- Oflag
- German prisoner of war camp for officers
- OKH
- Oberkommando des Heeres, the German Army
High Command
- OKL
- Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, the German Air
Force High Command
- OKM
- Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, the German Navy High Command
- OKW
- Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the German Armed Forces High Command
- Panzer
- armour
- Putsch
- armed insurrection
- Reichswehr
- German army
- Risaldar
- Indian Army cavalry officer, equivalent to Capt
- Risaldar Major
- Indian Army cavalry officer, the most senior Risaldar in the Regt
- RSHA
- Reich Security Main Office
- SA
- Sturmabteilungen (Storm Detachment), early Nazi
paramilitary organisation, the Brownshirts
- SD
- Sicherheitsdienst, the Nazi Party security service
- Sepoy
- Indian Army infantry rank, equivalent to Pte
- Sowar
- Indian Army cavalry rank, equivalent to Trooper
- SS
- Schutzstaffeln (protection squads)
- Stalag
- German prisoner of war camp for ranks other than officers
- Subadar
- Indian Army infantry officer, equivalent to Capt
- Subadar Major
- Indian Army infantry officer, the most senior Subadar in the Regt
- Todt, Organisation
- German labour and construction organisation
- Vergeltunsgwaffen
- retaliation weapons (V weapons)
- Volkssturm
- German home guard
- Waffen SS
- armed SS, the military branch of the SS
- Wehrmacht
- German Armed Forces
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