| A |
 |
| A4 |
Aggregat
4 - earlier name for the German V2 rocket |
| ABC |
American-British-Canadian
talks in 1941 |
| Abwehr |
Intelligence
service for the German Armed Forces - run by Admiral
Canaris |
| Accolade |
Operational
code-name for Allied attempt to capture the Dodecanese
Islands in the Agean. |
| Acrobat |
Code
name for British advance on Tripoli in 1941. |
| Adlertag |
Code
name for the day of intense German air attack
on Britain (Eagle Day) 15th September 1940. |
| AEF |
Allied
Expeditionary Force |
| A-Force |
British
intelligence organization responsible for deception
and espionage in the Mediterranean and Middle
East. |
| AK |
Armja
Krajowa ("Home Army") - The Polish Resistance |
| Aktion
T4 |
Extermination
of mentally ill and handicapped patients by the
Nazi authorities. (Named after Tiergartenstrasse
4, the address of Nazi Central Office in Berlin.) |
| Allgemeine
SS |
Standard
branch of the SS,
as opposed to the military or armed Waffen SS. |
| Allies |
Those
countries fighting against the Axis powers. i.e.
Britain, France, USA, Canada, USSR etc |
| Altreich |
Term
used to describe Germany before the annexation
of Austria. |
| Amt
Mil |
German
Army intelligence organization which succeeded
the Abwehr. |
| Anakim |
Code
name for the Allied re-occupation of Burma in
1944. |
| Anschluss |
German
annexation of Austria in March 1938. |
| Anti-Comintern
Pact |
Agreement
by Germany, Japan and Italy to oppose the Communist
International organisation |
| Anton |
Code
name for the German occupation of Vichy France,
November 1942 - later known as Atilla |
| Anvil |
Operational
code name for the Allied invasion of the South
of France, August 1944. |
| ANZAC |
Australia
and New Zealand Army Corps |
| Arcadia |
Code
name for the first Anglo-American conference in
Washington, December 1941. |
| Argonaut |
Code
name for the Anglo-American-Soviet conference
at Yalta, February 1945. |
| Argument |
Operational
code name for Allied air attacks on German factories
in February 1944. |
| Aspirin |
British
equipment used for jamming German Knickebein
radar |
| Atilla |
Code
name for the German occupation of Vichy France,
November 1942 |
| Atlantic
Charter |
Anglo-American
declaration that stated the countries aims for
the outcome of the war. |
| Aufbau
Ost |
Operational
code name for the German build-up of arms prior
to the invasion of the Soviet Union |
| August
Storm |
Operational
code name for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria,
August 1945. |
| Avalanche |
Operational
code name for the Allied invasion at Salerno,
September 1943 |
| Avonmouth |
Operational
code name for the Allied attacks in Narvik, May
1940. |
| Axis |
Alliance
between Germany, Italy and Japan. Originally
the Rome-Berlin Axis (i.e. a North-South line
between the two capitals), later became the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo
Axis. |
