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Glossary of WW2 terms and abbreviations

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Term Definition
U-Boat
Unterseeboot - "under sea boat"- Abbreviated name for German submarines
U-Go
Operational code name for the Japanese push towards India from Burma - March 1944
Ultra
Code name and security caveat given to decoded messages and intelligence originating from German Enigma encrypted sources
Uranus
Operational code name for the Soviet counter-offensive at Stalingrad to surround the German 6th Army - November 1942
USAAF
United States Army Air Force
USN
United States Navy
USS
United States Ship
Utah
Code name for D-Day landing area near Les Dunes de Vatreville, Normandy
UXB
Unexploded bomb
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