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Term

Explanation

Fall GelbCase Yellow
Fall GruenCase Green
Fall RotCase Red
Fall WeissCase White
FCNLFrench Comittee of National Liberation.
FeldgendarmerieGerman military police.
FeldgrauField Grey - term used to describe the ordinary German soldier - from the colour of his tunic.
FelixOperational code name for the German plan to capture Gibraltar in 1941.
FFIFrench Forces of the Interior.
FHFremde Heere - German intelligence evaluation service.
FHOFremde Heere Ost - German intelligence evaluation service - eastern section.
FHWFremde Heere West - German intelligence evaluation service - western section.
FischfangFish Trap - Operational code name for the German counter attack on the Allied beachead at Anzio in February 1944.
FlashCode name for the assassination attempt on Hitler by the Schwarze Kapelle in March 1943 - where a bomb was placed on Hitler's aircraft.
FlintlockOperational code name for the US invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944.
ForagerOperational code name for the US invasion of the Mariana Islands in June 1944.
ForschungsamtThe intelligence service of the Luftwaffe.
FortitudeOperational code name for the Allied deception operations prior to the invasion of Normandy.
FUSAGFirst US Army Group - a fictitious army group under the command of General Patton which appeared to be based in south-east England prior to the Normandy landings and was intended to give the impression that the Allies were due to invade France via the Pas de Calais.


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