FFI - Forces Francais d'Interieur - responsible for organizing armed resistance in France
Gestapo - Geheime Staatspolizei, a political police force whose mission was to eradicate political views incompatible with Nazism.
LCA - Landing Craft Assault, 12-m long vessel capable of carrying 35 men.
LCI - Landing Craft Infantry, 50m-long vessel capable of carrying nearlty 200 men.
LRDG - Long Range Desert GRoup
Maquis - The French resistance groups who fought against the GErman occupation.
MC - Military Cross, awarded to officers of the rank of major and below for gallantry in action
MEHQ - Middle East Headquarters
MGB - motor gun boat
Milice - French fascist organizations working with the GErmans
MM - military medal, awarded to NCOs and soldiers for gallantry in action.
Nebelwerfer - A multi-barrelled mortar known to the British as Moaning Minnie because of the ungodly noise made by the rockets.
Bibliography
Stirling's Men: The Inside History of the SAS in World War II, by Gavin Mortimer. Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2004
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