| H |
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| H2S |
British
airborne radar used for identifying and locating
ground targets |
| Herbstnebl |
"Autumn
Mist" - Operational code name for the German offensive
in the Ardennes, December 1944 - Also known as
The Battle of the Bulge |
| HIWI |
Hilfsfreiwillige
- German Army volunteer forces usually made up
of Soviet volunteers |
| Holocaust |
The
act of genocide carried out by Germany on the
Jewish population of Europe |
| Huff-Duff |
HF/DF
- High Frequency / Direction Finding - British
radio detection system used to pinpoin the direction
of broadcasts from German submarines and ships
and thus locate the transmitting craft |
| Humint |
Human
Intelligence - Intelligence gathered by spies
and informers (as opposed to signals intelligence
or SIGINT) |
| Husky |
Operational
code name for the Allied landings in Sicily -
July 1943 |