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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
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xv Abbreviations and Acronyms AD Armored Division ADSEC Advance Section, forwardmost COMZ section. AEF World War I American Expeditionary Force AFHQ Allied Force Headquarters CCA Combat Command A (B,R), regimental-sized combat groups found in American and French armored divisions CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff, American and British Chiefs meeting together. C&GS Command & General Staff School (Ft. Leavenworth) COMZ Communications Zone; logistical organization behind Army Group rear Boundary Cobra Code name for American breakout attack from Normandy Comet British operation to gain the Rhine that preceded Market Garden COSSAC Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied commander D+21 21 days after D-Day Division Slice Division plus supporting and logistical troops. A division averages 15,000 troops. A division slice can total 45,000 troops Dragoon Invasion of Southern France, September 1944. Earlier called ANVIL DUKW Amphibious 2½-ton truck useful in unloading ships out of port and crossing rivers ETO European Theater of Operations FFI French Forces of the Interior; the Marquis underground G-1 Personnel staff section, division HQ or higher G-2 Intelligence staff section G-3 Operations staff section xvi · Abbreviations and Acronyms G-4 Logistics (supply) staff section Goodwood Attempted British breakout attack that preceded Cobra ID Infantry Division JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. chiefs Market Garden Montgomery’s airborne assault (market) and ground attack (garden) to seize a bridgehead across the Rhine at Arnhem MLR Main line of resistance primary defensive positions, usually dug in. Outposts are out front. MTO Mediterranean Theater of Operations NATOUSA North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army. Supplied Dragoon until 15 September. OB West Oberbefehlshaber West; highest German HQ in the West (Rundstedt’s HQ) Overlord Code word for Normandy invasion plans and follow-up RAF Royal Air Force RCT Regimental Combat Team; infantry regiment reinforced usually by an artillery battalion plus engineer, tank, and antitank companies SHAEF Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (Eisenhower’s HQ) SOP Standard Operating Procedure TACHQ Headquarters operate in up to three locations simultaneously; Rear (administrative), Main, and TAC (tactical—a small forward HQ with the commander and a small staff). Montgomery liked to operate from TACHQ. Eisenhower and Bradley did so less frequently. TOT Time on Target artillery barrage, timed so all shells hit simultaneously PzD Panzer Division PGD Panzer Grenadier Division Queen Major First/Ninth Army offensive, November 1944 Red Ball Express truck route to move supplies to First & Third Armies ULTRA Secret intelligence garnered from reading German radio codes VGD Volks Grenadier Division. Smaller, less well armed infantry division Wehrmacht German Armed Forces Zone of Interior Term for the continental United States [34.229.223.223] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 03:13 GMT) The Battle for Western Europe, Fall 1944 ...