| S |
 |
| SA |
Sturmabteilungen
- "Storm Troopers" - Hitler's unofficial army
of thugs (aka Brownshirts) - disbanded after the
blood purge of
1934 |
| Schwarze
Kapelle |
"Black
Orchestra" - term used to describe a group of
conspirators within the German Army who plotted
to overthrow Hitler. The Schwarze Kapelle came
near to assassinating Hitler on July 20th 1944. |
| SD |
Sicherheitsdienst
- "Security Department" - The Nazi Party security
service, intelligence gathering and counter-espionage
wings of the RSHA headed
by Reinhard Heydrich |
| SEAC |
South
East Asia Command (Allies) |
| Sealion |
Operational
code name for the planned German assault on Great
Britain in 1940/41 |
| SHAEF |
Supreme
Headquartes Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Shingle |
Operational
code name for the Allied landings at Anzio - January
1944 |
| SIM |
Servizio
Informazione Segreto - the Italian secret sevice |
| Sledge-hammer |
Operational
code name for a planned Allied invasion of France
in 1942 |
| SOE |
Special
Operations Executive - British organisation responsible
for training and co-ordinating the operations
of partisan groups in occupied countries |
| SS |
Schutzstaffeln
- "Protection Units" - The principal elite organisation
of the Nazi party which consisted of the
Allgemeine (General) SS and Waffen (Armed) SS,
the latter forming military divisions as part
of the Wehrmacht. The SS also included organisations
such as the RSHA. |
| Stavka |
The
highest political-military authority of the Soviet
Union |
| Sword |
Code
name for the D-Day landing beaches of Lion-sur-Mer
- June 1944 |
| Symbol |
Code
name for the Allied conference at Casablanca -
January 1943 |
