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Explanation

OboeCode name for British radio-navigational aid used by RAF bombers.
OctagonCode name for the second Quebec conference between Roosevelt and Churchill - September 1944.
OflagOffizier-Lager - Officer Camp German prisoner-of-war camps for Allied officers.
OKHOberkommando der Heeres - High Command of the German Army.
OKLOberkommando der Luftwaffe - High Command of the German Air Force.
OKMOberkommando der Kriegsmarine - High Command of the German Navy.
OKWOberkommando der Wehrmacht - High Command of the German Armed Forces.
OliveOperational code name for the Allied assault on the Gothic Line, Italy - August 1944.
OmahaCode name for one of the US Normandy beach landing areas used on D-Day, the site was between Coleville and Vierville.
OSSOffice of Strategic Services - US military intelligence and special operations agency.
OverlordOperational code name for Allied operations in Normandy and North West Europe, beginning with Operation Neptune on D-Day, 6th June 1944.


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