| Pact
of Steel |
Alternative
name for the Rome-Berlin Axis |
| Panzer |
"Armour"
- became a general term for German tanks (the
correct term for tank being Panzerkampfwagen -
PzKpfw) and also used to describe armoured actions |
| Panzergrenadier |
German
mechanized infantry |
| PNCL |
Polish
Committee of National Liberation |
| Pedestal |
Operational
code name for a relief convoy to Malta - August
1942 |
| Plunder |
Operational
code name for British/Canadian offensive across
the Rhine on 13th March 1945 |
| Pluto |
Pipe
Line Under The Ocean - pipeline laid under the
English Channel to supply oil to the Normandy
invasion forces in 1944 |
| Pointblank |
Operational
code name for the Allied bombing offensive against
Germany from 1943 |
| Priceless |
Operational
code name for Allied operations in the Mediterranean
theatre of operations in 1943 |