День «Д». 6 июня 1944 г.

(COSSAC – Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander).

КП – командный пункт (СР – command post).

КНШ – комитет начальников штабов в США (JCS – U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff).

«Мг-34» – немецкий пулемет на треноге, скорость стрельбы до 800 патронов в минуту (MG-34).

«Мг-42» – немецкий пулемет на треноге, скорость стрельбы до 1300 патронов в минуту (MG- 42).

НП – наблюдательный пост (OP – observation post).

ОБ Уэст – немецкий генштаб Западного фронта (OB West – Oberbefehlshaber West – general HQ for the Western Front).

OKB – Верховное командование вооруженными силами Германии (ОKW – Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – Armed Forces High Command).

ОКНШ – Объединенный комитет начальников штабов Союзнических экспедиционных сил (CCS – Combined Chiefs of Staff).

OKX – верховное командование сухопутными силами Германии (ОКН – Obercommando des Heeres – Army High Command).

OCO – отдел специальных операций (SOE – Special Operations Executive).

«Райноу» – «носорог» – понтонный самоходный паром-баржа (Rhino ferry).

СБ – саперный батальон (ЕСВ – engineer combat battalion).

СИС – боевой информационный пост (Combat Information Center).

СКР – рация службы (войск) связи (SCR – Signal Corps Radio).

СП – самоходная артиллерийская установка (self-propelled gun).

СС – охранные отряды нацистов (SS – Schutzstaffel).

«Стен» – британский 9-мм пистолет-пулемет, автомат, длина – 76,2 см, вес – 3 кг 175 г (Sten gun).

ТБС – переговоры между кораблями (TBS – talk between ships).

Тетраэдр – пирамидальная противотанковая надолба (Tetrahedra – pyramid-shaped steel obstacles).

УДТ – отряд подрывников-подводников (UDT – underwater demolition teams).

УСС – управление стратегических служб (Office of Strategic Services).

УВИ – управление военной информации (Office of War Information).

ФУСАГ – Первая группа армий США (FUSAG – First United States Army Group).

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