
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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M29
M-Day
MA
MAB
Munitions Assignments Board
MABLE
Aisega, Lottin Island, Dampier Strait, New Guinea
MAC
MADAM
MADCAP
Auy (North of Cape Anukur), New Britain
MADONNA
Dumagerette, Negros Island, P.I.
MAELSTROM
MAESTRO
MAG
MAGDELINA
MAGGOT
Cape Bolinao, Luzon, P.I.
MAGIC
American term for all (intercepted & decoded) Japanese diplomatic codes and ciphers
MAGNET
U.S. Forces in Northern Ireland
MAGNET
The plan that superseded RAINBOW-5 after U.S. entry into the war, providing for the shipment of American forces to Northern Ireland
MAGNETO
Geographic location in connection with ARGONAUT
MAGPIE
MAHATMA
Haha Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan
MAILFIST
Capture of the Singapore Coast Battery
MAINE
MAINLAND
Rokko (Rokan) (Rokko-Gai), Formosa
MAINSHEET
Brunei Bay, Northwest Borneo
MAINSPRING
MAINSPRING
Mt. Namur, Lottin Island, Dampier Strait, New Guinea
MAINSTREET
MAINYARD
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Maj
MAJESTIC
Invasion of Kyushu, Japan (projected)
MAJESTIC
MAJESTY
A craft shelter and breakwater formed of sunken blockships for use against the Japanese
MALACANAN
Cape St. Augustin, Mindanao, P.I.
MALACCA
MALICIOUS
MALLARD
MALLARD
Airborne landing of 6th Air Landing Brigade and the Airborne Armoured Recce. Regiment in N.W. Europe--6th June, 1944
MALLEABLE
Pingelap Island, Caroline Islands
MALLET
MALLORY MAJOR
Disruption of the enemys flow of supplies into Northern Italy by the destruction of rail and road bridges--12th/15th July, 1944
MALVERN
MAMMY
MANASSAS
Wogwog Island, New Britain
MANDRAKE
Kavilpo River, New Britain
MANHATTAN DISTRICTAtomic bomb project.
MANHOLE
MANNA
Air transportation of supplies and food to the citizens of Holland--April/May, 1945
MANNER
Shimchiku (Shinteku), Formosa
MANTELSHELF
Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
MANURE
Walinda River, New Britain
MAORI
MAPLE
MAPLE
Special minelaying operations in connection with OVERLORD
Maquis
French underground resistance movement
Maquisards
Mar
Mar
MARBLE
MarCor
MARDIGRAS
MARGE
MARGERINE
MARIGOLD
Landing military personnel along East Coast of Sardinia (30 May1 June 1943) (UK)
Mark III, IV
Mark V
German medium tank with heavy armor and high-velocity gun
MARKET
Airborne operations--Arnhem, September, 1944
MARLOW
MARMALADE
MAROON
MARQUEE
MARROW
MARROWBONE
MARSHMALLOW
Mokmer, BIak Island, New Guinea
MARSHMALLOW
MARTINI
Dodecanese Islands, Mediterranea Sea
MARYLAND
MASHIE
MASONITE
Koskins Peninsula, New Britain
MASQUERADE
Cape Reilnitz, Manning Strait, Solomon Islands
MASTHEAD
Numundo Point, New Britain
MASTIFF
Air transportation of medical supplies and evacuation of Allied Prisoners of War--Far East, 1945
MATCHABLE
MATCHWOOD
Talasea Airdrome, New Britain
MATT I
Abatiku Island, Gilbert Islands
MATTERHORN
Plan for very long range air operations from the Chengtu area in China against vital targets in the Japanese inner zone
MATURE
Kabunikau Point, Lusancay Island [Solomon Sea]
MAVIS
Kawanishi type 97 four-engine flying boat (Japanese)
MAW
MAWSEED
MAXWELL
Siwat Island, New Britain
MAYFLOWER
Gilva, Lottin Island, Dampier Strait, New Guinea
MAYFLY
U.S. Base, Midlands, England
MAZE
M.B.R.
Mbr
MBW
Munitions Assignments Board in Washington
MC
Marine Corps; Medical Corps (Navy)
McDUFF
MCEC
Marine Corps Educational Center
MCO
MCS
MD
MDC
Mexican Defense Commission
ME
Me-109 (Bf-109)
Single-engine, single-seat, low-wing fighter, developed by Messerschmitt. Used in the Battle of Britain and throughout the war. One of the finest models was the Me-109F-3. Its armament consisted of one 15-mm cannon and two 7.9-mm machineguns. Maximum takeoff weight was 6,054 pounds; top speed, 390 miles per hour at 22,000 feet; service ceiling, 37,000 feet; and combat range, 440 miles.
MEADOWS
MECHANISM
Med
MEDICO
Anurio Island, New Britain
MEETINGHOUSE
MEGAPHONE
American Mission, Salinas, Ecuador
Merhbuch
MELINITE
MEMBER
Memo
Memo/Conv
Memorandum of conversation
MEMSAHIB
MENACE
Plan to establish Free French Forces at Dakar under General De Gaulle (23-25 September 1940)
MENDICANT
Malakal Island, Palau Islands
MENTONE
MERCANTILE
Manus Island, Bismarck Archipelago
MERCEDES
Sealark, Santa Isabel Island, Solomon Islands
MERCENARY
MERCURY
MERIDIAN
Attack on Palembang, Sumatra, refineries by carrier borne aircraft (January 1945)
MERITORIOUS
Aineman Island, Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands
MERRYMAID
MERRYMAKER
Mersig
Merchant signal (encrypted communications to-from merchant shipping)
MESPOT
Cover and deception policy for Western Europe from 1 January 1944 until NEPTUNE plus 21
MESSMATE
METAL
METAPHOR
METFIELD
METRO
METTLE
MG
Marine Gunner; Machine Gun
MGC
Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps
MI
Military Intelligence (G-2)
MIA
MIAPD
Missing in Action, Presumed Dead
MICHAELMAS
MICHIGAN
NICROCOSM
Goodenough Island, New Guinea
MICROSCOPE
MID
Military Intelligence Division, U.S. Army
MIDWIFE
Salier Strait, Celebes, N.E.I.
MIKE ONE
Landing on Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I.
Mil
MILD
Canton Island, Phoenix Islands
MILEPOST
Project to build up stocks in the Far East in preparation for the entry of the USSR into the war against Japan.
MILID
Military Intelligence Division
Militaerbefehlshaber
Militarwissenschaftliche Rundschau
MILLET
Diversionary operation in the form of an air strike within the Southeast Asia Command to coincide with major operations by U.S. Forces in the Philippines (15-21 October 1944) (UK)
MILLRACE
Pulusuk Island, Caroline Islands
Min
MINERAL
MINERVA
Embarkation of General Giraud in Bormes Road, 20 miles east of Toulon, South France 6 November 1942)
MINIVER
Djailolo Pass, Halmahera, N.E.I.
Min St A--Mineralolstammabteilung
Central Petroleum Branch (German: p. 60)
MIRACLE
MIS
Military Intelligence Service
Misc
Miss
MLR
Mm
MM&D
Matériel, Maintenance, and Distribution
MO
Japanese plan to seize Port Moresby, Papua/New Guinea, in the spring of 1942
Mob
MOBILE
MOCCASIN
MODEL
MODEST
MODICUM
Party sent to London to present Marshall Memorandum, April 1942.
MOLAR
Dabanu Village, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
MOLEHILL
MOMP
Mid-Ocean Meeting Point [mid-Atlantic location where convoy escort responsibilities were exchanged between U.S. and U.K.]
MONARCH
Spratly Island, South China Sea
MONKEYPUZZLE
MONOCLE
MONSOON
Otta Pass, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
MONTCLAIR
Operations to reoccupy the Visayas-Mindanao-Borneo-Netherlands East Indies area
MOONMAN
MOONSHINE
Kulumadau, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
MOONSTRUCK
Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea
MORINO
MOROCCO
Sunpanam, Umboi Island, Bismarck Archipelago
MOSCOW
Reilly's Creek, Woodlark Island [Solomon Sea]
MOSSBANK
MOTHER
MOTOROLA
Cape Mensing, New Britain
MOTTLED
Mov and Tn Br
Movements and Transportation Branch
MOVCO
MOZART
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Mph
MRU
MS
M.S.F.
Major Gen. Muir S. Fairchild
MS-Flotilla
Msg
MSgt
MTB
MT ship
Liberty ship converted for maximum vehicle-carrying purposes
MT80
Motor transport gasoline, 80-octane
MTB
MTCA
Military Training Camps Association
Mtg
MTS
MTO
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
MUDBANK
Operations against Ponape, Caroline Islands
MUDBATH
U.S. Army occupation of Martinique, Guadaloupe and French Guiana
MULBERRY
MULE
MULTITUDE
Ngargol Island, Palau Islands
MUMMY
Mun
MUNSTER
MURDER
MURSLEY
MUSCATEL
MUSKET
Projected landing on heel of Italy near Taranto, 1943
MUSKETEER
Landing on Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I.
MUSK-OX
Exercise to be conducted by Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force during the winter, 1945-46
MUTUAL
Mvmt
MYSTERY
MYTHOLOGY
Canton Island, Phoenix Islands
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