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Find over 300 convoy routes organized by the Allies in different regions and dates during World War II. Each convoy route is designated by a two- or three letter code, such as AB, HX, or BK.
Class IV is the fourth class of supply in the U.S. Army and NATO logistics systems. It includes construction materials, fortification and barrier materials, and additional quantities of items authorized for initial issue.
The vulnerability of Japanese naval codes and ciphers was crucial to the conduct of World War II, and had an important influence on foreign relations between Japan and the west in the years leading up to the war as well. Every Japanese code was eventually broken, and the intelligence gathered made possible such operations as the victorious ...
A comprehensive list of military terms that have been in use for at least 50 years, organized by categories such as administrative, intelligence, doctrinal, and on land. Learn the meanings and examples of terms like cantonment, camouflet, coup de main, and more.
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
Fox is a brevity code used by NATO pilots to signal the release of an air-to-air munition or other combat function. Fox one, two and three indicate different types of missiles, such as AIM-7, AIM-9 and AIM-120.
The Defense Plant Corporation (DPC) was a government corporation that funded war production projects in the US and abroad during World War II. It was a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and provided loans to state and local governments, businesses, and war departments.
A shackle code is a cryptographic system used in radio communications on the battle field by the US military, the Rhodesian Army, and the Canadian Army, among other English speaking militaries which might not distribute or require sophisticated one-time use pads.