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Term

Explanation

H2SBritish airborne radar used for identifying and locating ground targets.
HeerGerman Army.
HerbstneblAutumn Mist - Operational code name for the German offensive in the Ardennes, December 1944 - Also known as The Battle of the Bulge.
HIWIHilfsfreiwillige - German Army volunteer forces usually made up of Soviet volunteers
HolocaustThe act of genocide carried out by Germany on the Jewish population of Europe.
Huff-DuffHF/DF - High Frequency / Direction Finding - British radio detection system used to pinpoin the direction of broadcasts from German submarines and ships and thus locate the transmitting craft.
HumintHuman Intelligence - Intelligence gathered by spies and informers (as opposed to signals intelligence or SIGINT).
HuskyOperational code name for the Allied landings in Sicily - July 1943.


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