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	Glossary of WWII German military terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some terms are from the general German cultural background, others are given to show a change that was made before or after the Nazi era.
		In German, it is known as the Kehlstein Haus.
		Y-Beam -- German aircraft navigational system which utilized a single station that radiated a directional beam plus a ranging signal which the bomber picked up and re-transmitted to enable the ground controllers to compute the range and know when to order the bombs to be dropped.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glossary_of_German_WWII_military_terms (4779 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 is the most common date in the West for the start of World War II.
		In spring the German army made further attacks in the Soviet Union, but appeared to be unable to choose between a direct attack on Moscow and the capture of the Caucasian oilfields.
		After the war, many high-ranking Germans were prosecuted for war crimes, as well as the mass murder of the Holocaust committed mainly on the area of General Government, in the Nuremberg trials.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/w/wo/world_war_ii.html (3725 words)

	Glossary of German Military Terms and Abbreviations
		During WWII used to name infantry formations with some recon abilities that replaced an infantry division's recon battalion mid-war when the Germans reduced the number of standard infantry battalions in their divisions from 9 to 6.
		The term is in reference to a specific type of mission and not to a unit type although members of penal units were often sent on these types of missions.
		Towards the end of WWII the concept was revived for smaller ad-hoc home-defense units to be pulled together for local defense because of the crumbling situation on the Eastern Front.
	www.feldgrau.com /glossary.html (4290 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The German invasion of Poland on September 1 1939 is the most common date in West for the start of World War Others cite the Japanese invasion of China 1937 as the war's beginning or even 1931 Japanese incursion into Manchuria.
		German Wehrmacht then invaded Poland on September 1 and on 3rd September 1939 Britain and France declared war on The Polish government collapsed with President Ignacy fleeing into exile on the 18th.
		After the war many high-ranking Germans were for war crimes as well as the mass murder the Holocaust committed mainly on the area of General Government in the Nuremberg trials.
	www.freeglossary.com /World_War_II (3845 words)

	Oberkommando des Heeres - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This task was left to the General Staff, so actually the most important man in the Army (and the Navy, but less so in the Luftwaffe, which was commanded by Hermann Göring) was the chief of the general staff (Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres, or Chef GenStdH for short).
		As the Commander-In-Chief of the German Army inevitably held the rank of a Generalfeldmarschall, the vehicle flag for this rank usually was displayed in conjunction with the command flag on the same vehicle.
		The flag was similar in certain aspects to the flag used by the Commander-In-Chief of the German Army.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/OKH (730 words)

	Glossary: Genocidal Processes During World War II
		That portion of Poland occupied by the Germans prior to the invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941, that was not administratively annexed to the Third Reich.
		A series of related decrees introduced in late 1941 that provided that in German occupied territories in the west, civilians would be tried for offenses against the German state only if it was likely that the verdict would be one of execution, and that this would be carried out a few days after their apprehension.
		Persons of German origin settled in Poland and further east were to be settled in that part of Poland that was annexed to the Third Reich.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/glossary.htm (4053 words)

	Glossary of German Military & Political Terms
		SS enterprise established in 1938, primarily to construct brickworks and exploit quarries by the use of prisoner labor.
		Germanic Liaison Office of the SS-Hauptamt, responsible for supervision of Germanic SS.
		Title given to Heinrich Himmler in 1939 entrusting him with the repatriation of Volksdeutsche ("racial Germans") and the settlement of German colonies in the East.
	www.geocities.com /~orion47/SiteGlossary.html (2106 words)

	Important terms defined about the Holocaust, Glossary for Voices of the Shoah, http://www.notowitz.com
		German term meaning "campaign" or "drive," often used by the Nazis to describe a systematic plan to assemble, deport, and kill Jews.
		German towns often competed with one another to be the first to be named Judenrein in their area.
		German term for "camp," primarily used in reference to the concentration camps, although it was also used to refer to slave labor and death camps.
	www.notowitz.com /Voices/BookContents/VoicesGlossary.html (3484 words)

	Glossary of Helmet Collecting Terms
		This is not a complete glossary, but rather a short list of words for the average collector.
		Standarte [plural: Standarten]: Term for a Regiment of the SA and SS.
		This term is frequently miss-used solely as a reference to the German Army of WWII.
	www.german-helmets.com /GLOSSARY.htm (1049 words)

	Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		A term used in Jewish scriptures for citizens, or some particular class of citizens; in rabbinic literature, for persons or groups that dissented from or were uninstructed in rabbinic halaka and rigorous purity and tithing norms.
		Military confrontation between the Jordanian and the Palestinian guerrillas during September 1970, which lead to the expulsion of the PLO from Jordan.
		A general term for formal aspects and interrelationships of religious observance, often as focused on a particular phenomenon (e.g., the “temple cult,” the “cult of saints”).
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/gloss.html (12529 words)

	SparkNotes: World War II (1939–1945): Key People & Terms
		The term was used at the Wannsee Conference of January 1942, in which Nazi leaders planned the Holocaust but made no specific mention of the extermination camps that ultimately killed millions.
		Based on the work of a previous German ethnographer, Hitler used the idea of lebensraum to claim that the German people’s “natural” territory extended beyond the current borders of Germany and that Germany therefore needed to acquire additional territory in Europe.
		The German air force, which was used heavily in campaigns such as the Battle of Britain in 1940.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/ww2/terms.html (2017 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Defying post-WWI treaties, he re-developed the German military by means of the democratic constitution that was later put aside.
		Wilhelm Keitel ratifies the terms of the surrender of the
		The repatriation, pursuant to the terms of the
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~eushrair/worldwartwo.htm (3850 words)

	The Online Guide to World War II German Helmets
		The inter-war years preceding the rise of the Wehrmacht was a troubled one for Germany as there were few funds to support a large national military force.
		Under the leadership of Hermann Göring, a fledgling German Air Force rose from a convoluted group of political and aviation organizations to eventually command the skies over Europe.
		German-Helmets.com is a non-political website dedicated to the study of steel helmets worn by military and civilian organizations of World War II Germany.
	www.german-helmets.com (913 words)

	Military.com Resources
		It was then that the world had to come to terms with the slaughter of millions of people -- mostly Jewish -- under the Nazi regime.
		In the Pacific Theater, the U.S. and Japan waged a back-and-forth struggle, with Japan scoring early victories in the Philippines and the South Pacific.
		The statistical results of World War II were stunning: all told, approximately 61 million people lost their lives, with the Soviet Union (over 25 million) and China (11 million) suffering the most fatalities, most of them civilians.
	www.military.com /Resources/HistorySubmittedFileView?file=history_worldwarii.htm (991 words)

	eHistory.com - Glossary
		Below is a glossary of World War II terms.
		German defensive line in Italy, centered on Monte Cassino.
		German twin-engined prop-driven light bomber and night fighter.
	ehistory.osu.edu /wwii/glossary.cfm (627 words)

	Category:Military terminology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of modern AFV and artillery related terms and acronyms
		List of modern infantry related terms and acronyms
		This page was last modified 08:22, 31 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Military_terminology (73 words)

	GLOSSARY
		These are the terms very familiar to WASP during WWII.
		During WWII, colleges and universities had CPT classes, some of which were allowed to admit ONE female for every 20males.
		In addition, trainees completed 137 hours in military training, 24 in advanced aero equipment, and 103 in PE and first aid.
	www.wasp-wwii.org /wasp/resources/glossary.htm (3849 words)

	Amazon.ca: Handbook on German Military Forces: Books: United States War Department,U S War Department,Stephen E. Ambrose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Although the name of the book refers to the whole German armed forces in reality the coverage is wide for the Army, light for the Air Force and almost non-existent for the Navy.
		This book teaches us not only about Germans, but what their contemporary counterparts were thinking.
		If there is one book which is essential for WWII buffs, military history writers and readers, collectors, and modellers, this is it.
	www.amazon.ca /Handbook-on-German-Military-Forces/dp/0807120111 (684 words)

	World War II Guide to Air Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Read our WWII FAQ for answers to common questions about the war.
		The Combined Allied Bombing Offensive did hinder and interfere with German production and war aims but by far the biggest dividends came from concentrated attacks on transportation centers (railroad marshaling yards, bridges, and canals) and the sustained bombing of oil facilities.
		It helps to realize that 60% of the tonnage of bombs dropped on Germany were dropped during the last nine months of the war and with far greater accuracy than earlier missions.
	www.ww2guide.com (448 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Time Period: Twentieth Century: Wars and Conflicts: World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The World War 2 Collection - History of some battles, biographies of some German and Allies leaders, image gallery of American and German posters of the period, memoirs, forum.
		WWII Resources - Comprehensive collection of primary source materials, some on-site, some links to elsewhere.
		WWII Smoke Screen Information Page - Information and history on the little known story of the discovery of smoke screen during WWII.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Wars_and_Conflicts/World_War_II (973 words)

	Military products - german insignia military - information, articles, reviews, resources
		Provides parents with information on military and specialty schools that instill structure and discipline into the lives of students and struggling teens.
		The rear of the stein shows the unit?s military and German connections.
		German Army (Heer) Medical Attendants (SanitÃ¤ter) were authorized to wear the red and white insignia...
	military.ajutor.net /info/german-insignia-military.html (684 words)

	A Hotlist on World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Concentration Camp Map - This map shows were all the concentration and extermination camps were in land controlled by the Germans during WWII.
		Some of them include military leaders, war journalists, chronology of the War, and secret agents.
		Photos of World War II - This website has many pictures form World War II including a Japanese bomber that was blown out of the sky.
	www.kn.sbc.com /wired/fil/pages/listworldwaca1.html (626 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Foreign Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht in WWII - by country
		The Role of French Banks During WWII and its Aftermath
		Polish Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht and Auxiliary Forces during WWII
	members.aol.com /TeacherNet/WWII.html (2533 words)

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		The resources on this page are links to "Military" pages.
		Link to the main page from the bottom!
		This site is not a political site, but a military history site
	www.venicetranslations.com /resources/english---german-military.htm (40 words)

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