
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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V-1
(Navy) Accredited College Program
V1/V-1
Vergeltung German rocket weapon, winged
V 1--Heeresbeamtenabteilung
Branch for Army Officials
V 2--Abteilung der Liegenschaften der Standorte und Wohnungsfursorge
Branch for Real Estate of Garrisons and procurement of Quarters
V2/V-2
Vergeltung German intermediate range ballistic missile
V 3--Heeresverpflegungsabteilung
V 4--Heeresbauverwaltungsabteilung
Branch for the Administration of Army Construction
V-5
(Navy) Aviation Cadet Training Program
V 5--Heeresbeschaffungsabteilung
V 6--Abteilung fur Verwaltung von Ubungsplatzen
Branch for the Administration of Maneuver Areas
V-7
Reserve Midshipmen Training Program
V 7--Heeresbauwirtschaftsabteilung
Branch for Army Construction Activities
V 8--Abteilung fur Gefolgschaftsangelegenheiten des Heeres
Branch for Civilian Workers
V 9--Heereskassen und Beamtenbesoldungsabteilung
Branch for Army Accounts and Pay of Officials
V 10--Heeresforstabteilung
V-12
Navy College Training Program
VA--Heeresverwaltungsamt
Army Administration Office
VACCINE
VAdm
VAGABOND
Marcus Island, Pacific Ocean
VAL
The type 99 Aichi Japanese dive bomber
VAMPIRE
VANGUARD
Plan for the capture of Rangoon, Burma (canceled; DRACULA substituted)
VANQUISHER
VARNISH
Sawar Airfield, New Guinea
VARSITY
Airborne operation to secure bridgehead on east bank of Rhine River bewteen Emmerich and Wesel
VARSITY I
Bikati Island, Marshall Islands
VAULT
Great Natoena Island, South China Sea
VALUT
Plan for peaceful occupation of the Azores (canceled)
VB
Bomber plane or squadron (USN)
VC
Composite plane or squadron (USN)
VELOCIPEDE
Code name for U.S. Army Air Depots, British Isles
VELLUM
Force sent to Venezuela, February 1942.
VELUM
U.S. Coast Defense project for Venezuela
VENTRILOQUIST
Adak Island, Aleutian Islands
VENUS
Mt. Lotomgan, New Britain
VERB
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean
VERBATIM
Vergeltung
VERITABLE
Offensive by Northern Group of armies to cross the Rhine River
Verk Abt--Verkehrsabteilung
Traffic Branch (German: p. 21)
VERMILION
VERMONT
Verpfl Insp OKH--Verpflegungsinspekteur im OKH
Rations Inspector of the OKH (German: p. 276)
Vertrags und Preisprufwesen
Contracts and Price Control Branch (German: p. 62)
Vertreter der Wehrmacht beim Jugendfuhrer des Deutschen Reichs
Hitler Youth Liaison (German: p. 53)
Verteidigungsbereich
VERULAM
Tongatabu Island, Tonga Islands
VESTMENT
Mesegon Island, Caroline Islands
VETCH
Veterinarinspekteur
Chief Veterinary Inspector (German: p. 131)
VF
Fighter plane or squadron
VICARAGE
Project to drop airborne prisoner-of-war contact and reconnaissance teams into Germany under ECLIPSE conditions
VICTOR
Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean
VICTOR
VICTOR I
Landings on Panay and Western Negros
VICTOR II
Landings on Cebu, Bohol, and Eastern Negros
VICTOR III
VICTOR IV
VICTOR V
Landings on Parang and Malabang
VINEGAR
Simiutakstromfjord, Greenland
VINEYARD
VINTNER
Otta Island, Truk, Caroline Islands
VIOLA
Kendari, Celebes, N.E.I. (canceled; CRUSTACEAN substitued)
VIOLA
Malaita Island, Solomon Islands
VIOLET
VIOLINS
VIRAGO
VIRTUOSO
VIRULENT
Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands
VISIONARY
VIVISECTION
V J--Veterinarinspektion
Veterinary inspectorate (German: p. 187)
VLR
VMB
Bomber plane or squadron (USMC)
VMC
Composite plane or squadron (USMC)
VMF
VMJ
VMSB
Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron
VOCALIST
Yap Islands, Caroline Islands
VOLCANO
Losap Island, Caroline Islands
VOLITION
Faleu Island, Truk, Caroline Islands
Volksdeutsche
Citizens of a country other than Germany who were considered Germans racially
Volkswagen
VOLUBLE
Shemya Island, Aleutian Islands
VORTEX
VOS
Observation-Scout plane or squadron
VOTER
VOWEL
Ollan Island, Truk, Caroline Islands
VP
VS
VT
Torpedo plane or squadron
VULPINE
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