Glossary
A | American |
A.A. | Antiaircraft |
AAI | Allied Armies in Italy |
AAR | After Action Report |
ABTF | Airborne Task Force |
AC | Allied Commission |
ACA | Armistice Control Authority |
AC/AMG | Allied Commission/Allied Military Government |
AC/AUS | Allied Commission/Army of the United States |
ACC | Allied Control Commission |
ACC/AMG | Allied Control Commission/Allied Military Government |
ACMF | Allied Central Mediterranean Force |
ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
Actg | Acting |
ADCCAO | Assistant Deputy Civil Affairs Officer |
Adm; Admin | Administrative |
Admr | Administrator |
ADSEC | Advance Section |
Adv | Advance |
AEF | American Expeditionary Forces |
AF | Allied Forces |
AFA | Allied Financial Agency |
AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
AFLRS | Allied Forces Local Resource Board |
AFRA | Allied Forces Records Administration |
AG | Adjutant General |
AGIP | The Italian semigovernmental organization which had charge of the distribution of petroleum in Italy AGO Adjutant General's Office |
AGp | Army Group |
AGWAR | Adjutant General, War Department |
ALCOM | Allied Commission (Italy) |
AM | Allied Military |
Amcross | American Red Cross |
AMFA | Allied Military Financial Agency |
AMG | Allied Military Government |
AMG/AC | Allied Military Government/Allied Commission |
AMGLO | Allied Military Government Liaison Organization |
AMGOT | Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory |
AMM | Allied Military Mission |
ANVIL | The planned Allied invasion of southern France in the Toulon Marseille area |
A.P.B. | Allied Publication Board |
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APO | Army Post Office |
ARB | Allied Relief Board |
ARC | American Red Cross |
ARGONAUT | International Conference held at Malta and Yalta, January-February 1945 |
ASAA | Allied Supply Accounting Agency |
ASCZ | Advance Section, Communications Zone |
ASF | Army Service Forces |
ASFM | Army Services Forces Manual |
Asst | Assistant |
ASW | Assistant Secretary of War |
AT(E) | Administration of Territories Committee (Europe) |
AUS | Army of the United States |
Auth | Authority |
AVALANCHE | Invasion of Italy at Salerno |
B | British |
BAC | Balkan Affairs Committee |
B.A.S. | British Army Staff |
BAYTOWN | British invasion of Italy on Calabrian coast |
Bd | Board |
BEW | Board of Economic Warfare |
BGS | British General Staff |
BIGOT | Special security procedure for OVERLORD |
BJSM | British Joint Staff Mission |
BMA | British Military Authority |
Bn | Battalion |
Br | British |
Bull | Bulletin |
Bur | Bureau |
BYSEPP | Code name for Belgium and Luxembourg Section |
CA | Civil Affairs |
CAD | Civil Affairs Division |
CAHQ | Civil Affairs Headquarters |
CAL | Designates cables from CCAC to G-5, AFHQ on Italian supply and economic matters |
CA/MG | Civil Affairs/Military Government |
CAO | Civil Affairs Officer; Chief Adininistrative Officer |
CAPO | Civil affairs police officer |
C.A.R. | Civil Affairs Regiment |
CATS | Civil Affairs Training School |
CBR | Cornnzisscrricrt Belge au Repatriement |
CBS | Continental Base Section; Channel Base Section |
C.C. | Chief Commissioner |
CCAC | Combined Civil Affairs Committee |
CCAC/L | Subcommittee of Combined Civil Affairs Committee in London |
CCAC/S | Supply subcommittee of the Combined Civil Affairs Committee |
CCAO | Chief Civil Affairs Officer |
CCC | Commodity Credit Corporation |
CCNA | Combined Committee for North and West Africa |
CCRR | Carabinieri Raeli (Royal Carabinieri), the National Police force which formed a part of the Italian Army |
CCS | Combined Chiefs of Staff |
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CEC | Central Economic Committee |
CEF | Corps Expeditionnaire Franfais |
CFA | Commissioner of Fine Arts |
CFB | Combined Food Board |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CG | Commanding General |
C.G.I.L. | Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (Italian General Confederation of Labor) |
CIAA | Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs |
CIC | Counterintelligence Corps |
CID | Civilian Intelligence Division |
CinC | Commander in Chief |
CinC Med | Commander in Chief, Mediterranean |
Civ | Civilian |
CIV | Designates cables from Civil Affairs, War Office, London, to British Joint Staff Mission, Washington |
CLAC | Combined Liberated Areas Committee |
CLN | Comitate di Liberazione Nazionale |
CLNAI | Comitate di Liberazione Nazionale per l'Alta Italia (Committee of National Liberation for Northern Italy) |
CLO | Chief Legal Officer |
CM-IN | Classified message, incoming |
CM-OUT | Classified message, outgoing |
CMF | Central Mediterranean Forces Group |
CMP | Controlled Materials Plan |
Cmsr | Commissioner |
CO | Commanding Officer |
COB | Committee of Combined Boards |
CofS | Chief of Staff |
Com | Commission |
Comdg | Commanding |
Comdr | Commander |
Comdt | Commandant |
Comm. | Committee |
ComZ | Communications Zone |
Conf | Conference |
Contl | Control |
COSSAC | Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Command; Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate) Coy Company |
C.P.O. | Civil Police Officer |
CPRB | Combined Production and Resources Board |
CRICKET | Malta portion of ARCONAUT Conference |
CRMB | Combined Raw Materials Board |
CSAB | Combined Shipping Adjustment Board |
CSO | Chief of Staff Officer |
CsofS | Chiefs of Staff |
DACofS | Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff |
D.B.S. | Delta Base Section |
DCAO | Deputy Chief Administrative Officer |
DCCAO | Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer |
DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
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DCOSSAC | Deputy Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Comand |
DCPO | Deputy Chief Political Officer |
Dept | Department |
Det | Detachment |
DIA | Algerian or Alpine Infantry Regiment (French) |
Dir | Director |
Div | Division |
DJAG | Deputy Judge Advocate General |
DLL | Decreto Legislative Luogotenenziale |
DMS | Dept of Medical Supply |
DP | Displaced Person |
DPIC | (British) Deputy Paymaster-in-chief |
DPMG | Deputy Provost Marshal General |
DPRSC | Displaced Persons and Repatriation Subcommission |
DPR&W | Displaced Persons Relief and Welfare |
Dr. | Drawer |
DRAGOON | Final code for Allied invasion of southern coast of France, 15 August 1944 |
DS | Documentary supplement |
EAC | European Advisory Commission |
EACS | European Allied Contact Section |
E.C.A. | Ente Comunale d'Assistenza |
ECAD | European Civil Affairs Division |
Ech | Echelon |
ECLIPSE | Name given in November 1944 to posthostilities plan for the initial phase of military occupation of Germany |
Econ | Economic |
Ed. | Edition |
E&F | Economics and Finance |
EIAR | Ente Italiano Audizioni Radio |
EM | Enlisted Men |
E.N.A.C. | Ente Nazionale Auto-Trasporti Cose |
EOTA | Enemy Occupied Territory Administration Est Estimate |
ET; ETO | European Theater; European Theater of Operations |
ETOUSA | European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
Ex. | Exhibit |
Exec | Executive |
ExecO | Executive Officer |
ExecOff | Executive Office |
FACS | Designates cables from CCS to SHAEF |
FAN | Symbol for messages from Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force to the Combined Chiefs of Staff |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FCNL | French Committee of National Liberation |
FDC | Fire Direction Center |
FEA | Foreign Economic Administration |
FEComZ | Forward Echelon, Communications Zone |
FFI | Les Forces Francaises Interieures (French Forces of the Interior |
F.I. | Front de l'Independence |
FLAMBO | AFHQ Advanced Administrative Echelon |
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Fld | Field |
FM | Field Manual |
FNA | French North Africa |
F.O. | Finance officer |
Fr | France |
FRS | Forces Republicaines de Securite |
F.S.P. | Field Security Personnel |
FSS | Field Security Service |
FTPF | Francs Tireurs et Partisans Francais |
FUSA | First U.S. Army |
FUSAG | First U.S. AGp |
Fwd | Forward |
G-1 | Personnel Division, War Department General Staff |
G-2 | (Military) Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff |
G-3 | Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
G-4 | Supply Division, War Department General Staff |
G-5 | Civil Affairs Division of SHAEF or AFHQ |
GAI | General Administrative Instructions |
Gen | General |
GHQ | General Headquarters |
G.I.L. | Gioventu Italiana del littorio |
GO | General Order |
GOC | General Officer Commanding |
GOV | Designates cables from CCAC to G-5, SHAEF |
Govt | Government |
Gp | Group |
GPA | General Purchasing Agent |
GS | General Staff |
GSC | General Staff Corps |
H.C. | High Commissioner |
H.E. | His Excellency |
Hist | History; Historical |
H.M. | His Majesty |
HMG | His Majesty's Government |
HORRIFIED | Code designation for Sicily |
HQ; Hq | Headquarters |
HRH | His (Her) Royal Highness |
HS | Historical Section |
HUSKY | Allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943 |
HUSKYLAND | Code name for Sicily |
I&C | Information and Censorship |
ID | International Division |
IG | Inspector General |
IGCR | Inter-Governmental Committee for Refugees |
IMPEX | Service d'Importation et Exportation |
INC | Information and Censorship Section |
Inf | Infantry |
Info | Information |
Instr | Instructions |
INT | Istituto Nazionale Trasporti |
Intel | Intelligence |
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Interv | Interview |
IPOW | Italian Prisoners of War |
IRCC | International Red Cross Commission |
JAG | Judge Advocate General |
JAGD | Judge Advocate General's Department |
JCAC | Joint Civil Affairs Committee |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JEAPC | Joint Economic and Political Council |
Jkt | Jacket |
J/S | Jugoslav |
Jt | Joint |
KCRC | Kansas City Records Center |
Km | Kilometer |
LAC | Designates cables to CAAC from G-5, AFHQ, on Italian supply and economic matters |
LEM | Designates cables from CCAC to Eisenhower for G-5, SHAEF |
LO | Legal Officer |
L of C | Line of Communications |
LST | Landing Ship (Tank) |
MAT | Designates cables from AFHQ to CCAC and CCS |
MAXWELL | Code name for Belgium and Luxembourg Section |
MEL | Designates cables from G-5, SHAEF, to CCAC |
MFA&A | Subcommission for Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives |
MG | Military Govt |
MGD | Military Govt Division |
MGSHC | Military Government School and Holding Center at Tizi-Ouzou |
MGS | Military Government Section |
Mgt | Management |
Mil | Military |
Miliz | Union of Patriots and Citizens at Large |
Min | Minutes |
Misc | Miscellaneous |
MLA | Military Liquidating Agency |
MMIA | Military Mission, Italian Army |
MMLA | Mission Militaire Liaison Administrative Welfare teams |
M.N.B. | Mouvement National Belge |
M.O. | Medical Officer |
MOI | Ministry of Information (British) |
MOOI | Minister of Occupied Italy |
MP | Military Police |
MRS | Military Railway Service |
MS | Manuscript; military section |
Msg | Message |
MT | Military Transport |
Mtg | Meeting |
MTO | Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
MTOUSA | Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
MVSN | Fascist Militia |
N.A. | North Africa |
NAEB | North African Economic Board |
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NAF | Symbol for messages from the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force |
NATO | North African Theater of Operations |
NATO USA | North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
NEPTUNE | Actual 1944 operations within OVERLORD. This code name was used for security reasons after September 1913 on all OVERLORD planning papers which referred to the target area and date. |
NMA | Netherlands Military Administration |
OAS | Occupied Areas Section |
OCMH | Office, Chief of Military History |
OCS | Office, Chief of Staff |
OD | Orde Dienst |
OEA | Office of European Affairs |
OEW | Office of Economic Warfare |
OFEC | Office of Foreign Economic Coordination |
OFRRO | Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations |
OFT | Office of Foreign Territories |
OLLA | Office of Lend-Lease Administration |
OPD | Operations Division |
OPET | Organization, Personnel, Equipment, and Training Group Opn Operation |
OR | Officers Reserve |
ORC | Officers Reserve Corps |
OSG | Office of the Surgeon General |
OSS | Office of Strategic Services |
OUSW | Office of Under Secretary of War |
OVERLORD | Plan for the Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe, June 1944 |
Ovhd | Overhead |
OVRA | Fascist Secret Police |
OWI | Office of War Information |
PAD | Public Affairs Division |
Par. | Paragraph |
PBS | Peninsular Base Section |
PC | Provincial Commissioner |
Pers | Personal |
PH | Public Health |
PHD | Public Health Division |
PHO | Public Health Officer |
PHS | Public Health Subcommission |
PH&W | Public Health and Welfare |
Pkg | Package |
Plng | Planning |
P.M. | Prime Minister; Provost Marshal |
PMG | Provost Marshal General |
PMGO | The Provost Marshal General's Office |
P.N.F. | Fascist Party |
POL | Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants |
POW | Prisoner of War |
PRD | French Ministry of Prisoners, Refugees, and Deportees |
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PRO | Public Relations Officer |
PTT | Post, Telephone, Telegraph |
PW | Psychological Warfare |
P.W. | Prisoner of War |
PWB | Psychological Warfare Branch |
PWD | Psychological Warfare Division |
QM | Quartermaster |
QMG | Quartermaster General |
QUADRANT | U.S.-British Conference at Quebec, August 1943 |
R | Royal |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
RANKIN | Plan for return to the Continent in the event of deterioration of the German position |
RC | Regional Commissioner |
R.C.A.O. | Regional Civil Affairs officer |
RCC | Regional Control Commissioner |
R Day | The day for disbandment of AFHQ, coincident with the coming into effect of the Italian peace treaty |
Regt | Regiment |
Rev | Revised |
RFC | Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
Rgn | Region |
Rgnl | Regional |
R.P.H.O. | Regional Public Health Officer |
RPO | Regional Patriots Officer |
Rpt | Report |
RRO | Regional Relief Officer |
RWO | Regional Welfare Officer |
SAC | Supreme Allied Commander |
SACMED | Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater |
S.A.I. | Special Administrative Instruction |
SCAEF | Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces |
SCAF | Designates cables from SHAEF to CCS |
SCAO | Senior Civil Affairs Officer |
Sec | Section |
Secy | Secretary |
Sepral | Sezione Provinciale Alimentazione |
Serv | Service |
SET | Telecommunications in Sicily and southern Italy |
SEXTANT | International Conference at Cairo, November and December 1943 |
SG | Surgeon General |
SGS | Secretary, General Staff |
SHAEF | Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
Sitrep | Situation report |
SMG | School of Military Government |
SN | Secretary of the Navy |
SO | Supply Officer |
SOE | [British] Special Operations Executive (Europe) |
S.O.L. | A Fascist organization |
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SOMTO | Subversive Operations, Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
SOP | Standing Operating Procedure |
SOS | Services of Supply |
Spec | Special |
Spec. O | Special officer |
SS | Special Staff; Schutzstalel (Elite Guard) |
Sup | Supply |
SW | Secretary of War |
SWNCC | State-War-Navy Co-ordinating Committee Tab Table |
TAG | The Adjutant General |
TAM | Designates cables from CCS and CCAC to AFHQ |
T.C.U. | Transport, Communications and Utilities |
TD | Temporary Duty |
T/E | Table of Equipment |
Telecon | Telephone conversation |
Tng | Training |
T/O | Table of Organization |
TORCH | Allied invasion of North and Northwest Africa, 1942 |
Transl | Translation |
TRIDENT | U.S.-British conference held at Washington, May 1943 |
TSFET | Theater Service Forces, European Theater |
TUSA | Third U.S. Army |
U.K. | United Kingdom |
UKCC | United Kingdom Commercial Company |
Univ | University |
UNO | United Nations Organization |
UNRRA | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
USAFIME | U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East |
USATC | U.S.A. Typhus Commission |
USCC | United States Commercial Company |
USFET | United States Forces European Theater |
USMCR | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
USNR | United States Naval Reserve |
USW | Under Secretary of War |
VOG | Designates cables from G-5, SHAEF, to CCAC |
VP | Vice President |
WD | War Department |
WDCSA | War Department Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
WDGS | War Department General Staff |
WDP | War Department Pamphlet |
WE | War Establishment |
WO | War Office |
WPB | War Production Board |
WPD | War Plans Division |
WSA | War Shipping Administration |
ZI | Zone of Interior |
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