| W |
 |
| WAAC |
Women's
Auxiliary Army Corps (USA) |
| WAAF |
Women's
Auxiliary Air Force (British) |
| Waffen
SS |
The
branch of the SS
which formed military fighting divisions |
| Wehrmacht |
The
German armed forces - headed by the OKW |
| Weserubung |
"River
Exercise" - Operational code name for the German
invasion of Denmark and Norway - April 1940 |
| Window |
Also
known as Chaff - metallic foil strips dropped
from bombers to give the appearance to German
radar of mass formations of aircraft |
| Wintergewitter |
"Winter
Storm" - Operational code name for the unsuccessful
German attempt to relieve the 6th Army at Stalingrad
- December 1942 |
| Wolfschanze |
"Wolf's
Lair" - code name for Hitler's headquarters near
Rastenburg in East-Prussia |
| WPD |
War
Plans Department (US) |
| WRNS |
Women's
Royal Naval Service (British) |
| WVS |
Women's
Voluntary Service (British) |
