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WWII Glossary
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Fahnenheid The oath of allegiance to Hitler sworn by the German Army
Fall Gelb Case Yellow
Fall Gruen Case Green
Fall Rot Case Red 
Fall Weiss Case White
FCNL French Comittee of National Liberation
Feldgrau "Field Grey" - term used to describe the ordinary German soldier - from the colour of his tunic.
Feldgendarmerie German military police
Felix Operational code name for the German plan to capture Gibraltar in 1941
FFI French Forces of the Interior
FH Fremde Heere - German intelligence evaluation service
FHO Fremde Heere Ost - German intelligence evaluation service - eastern section
FHW Fremde Heere West - German intelligence evaluation service - western section
Final Solution Name given to the German policy of genocide of the Jewish population
Fischfang "Fish Trap" - Operational code name for the German counter attack on the Allied beachead at Anzio in February 1944
Flash Code name for the assassination attempt on Hitler by the Schwarze Kapelle in March 1943 - where a bomb was placed on Hitler's aircraft.
Flat Top Nickname for aircraft carrier
Flintlock Operational code name for the US invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944
Forager Operational code name for the US invasion of the Mariana Islands in June 1944
Forschungsamt The intelligence service of the Luftwaffe
Fortitude Operational code name for the Allied deception operations prior to the invasion of Normandy
FUSAG First US Army Group - a fictitious army group under the command of General Patton which appeared to be based in south-east England prior to the Normandy landings and was intended to give the impression that the Allies were due to invade France via the Pas de Calais
 
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