
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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X
Australia (only during the first few months after Pearl Harbor)
X
("X-Day") indicating a target date, as an alternative to "D", as in "D-Day"
XAP
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YAKE I
Onne Island, Gilbert Islands
YANKEE
Cape San Jacques, French Indo China
YARDBIRD
Observation Island, Sumatra
YEARBOOK
YEARLING ISLAND
Kiebu Island, Gilbert Islands
YEAST
YELLOW
YELLOW
YELP
YMS
YOICKS
YONDER
YONKERS
Rendova Harbor, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
YOUNG
YOUTH
YP
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Z--Zentralabteilung im OKH
Chief H Rust u. BdE (Central Branch in the OKH) (German: p. 282)
Zahlmeisterei des Ch H Rust u. BdE
Accounting Office of the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army (German: p. 268)
ZEALOUS
ZENOPHEN
Zentral-Amtsgruppe des OKW
Armed Forces Central Group (German: p. 16)
Zentral-Amtsgruppe des Heereswaffenamts
Central Group of the Army Ordance Office (German: p. 212)
ZEPHYR
Ayuet Island, New Britain
ZEPHYR
ZEKE
Mitsubishi type 0 single-engine fighter used by both the Japanese Army and Navy
ZERO
Mitsubishi type 0 single-engine fighter used by both the Japanese Army and Navy (renamed ZEKE in the nomenclature adopted in 1942)
ZIMMERMAN
Cape Dampier, New Britain
ZIPPER
ZIPPER
Operations for the establishment of bridgehead in Port Swettenham-Port Dickson area preparatory to an advance southward on Singapore
ZIPPER I
Operations for the capture of Port Swettenham-Port Dickson area and development of this area preparatory to an advance southward to Singapore
ZIPPER II
Exploitation southward as far as the Johore Straits
ZITADELLE
German offensive in Russia, spring 1943
ZOMBIE
Method of defending a convoy attacked by U-Boats at night (G.B.)
ZONITE
Palembang, Sumatra, N.E.I.
ZOOLOGY
ZOOTSUIT
ZOUAVE
White Horse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Zweite Stellung
German secondary defense position
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