| AEAF |
Allied
Expeditionary Air Force (WWII) |
| AFHQ |
Allied
Forces Headquarters (Mediterranean) (WWII) |
| AI 10 |
Air Intelligence 10. Covername of SOE when dealing with RAF (WWII) |
| AIS |
Allied Information Service. (PWD/SHAEF) |
| AM |
Air Ministry (RAF, WWII) |
| BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BRADDOCK |
Operation BRADDOCK - Joint SOE/PWE plan to disseminate concealable sabotage equipment to resistance fighters (WWII) |
| BSOD |
Broadcast Station Operating Detachment (PWB/AFHQ, WWII) |
| C |
Head
of SIS |
| CCS |
Combined
Chiefs of Staff (US/UK) |
| CD |
Head
of SOE (WWII) |
| CENTCOM |
Central
Command (US) |
| CEP |
Captured Enemy Personnel (UK, Malayan Emergency) |
| CHQ |
Country
Headquarters of PWE in Woburn (UK, WWII) |
| CIGS |
Chiefs
of the Imperial General Staff (UK) (WWI/WWII) |
| COHQ |
Combined
Operations Headquarters (London) (WWII) |
| COI |
Coordinator of Information, Colonel "Wild Bill" Donovan (US WWII) |
| COS |
Chiefs
of Staff (UK) |
| COSSAC |
Chiefs
of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (WWII) |
| D |
Section
D. Forerunner of SOE under the control of SIS. Role to conduct
subversion & propaganda. (WWII) |
| DDCP |
Deputy
Directorate of Counter Propaganda (RAF) (WWII) |
| DOI |
Director of Information Services (UK, Malayan Emergency) |
| D/Q |
Press & Propaganda section of SOE (WWII) |
| DTIO |
Directorate of Targeting and Information Operations (UK, Modern) |
| EH |
Electra
House (Headquarters of the forerunner of PWE) (WWII) |
| Enigma |
Name
of the signals encryption machine used by the German Wehrmacht
(WWII) |
| EPW |
Enemy
Prisoner/s of War |
| ETO |
European
Theatre of Operations (WWII) |
| EW |
Electronic
Warfare (US, Modern) |
| FIS |
Foreign Information Service (part of COI, US WII) |
| FO |
Foreign
Office (UK, WWII) |
| HPWS |
Head, Psychological Warfare Section (UK, Malayan Emergency) |
| IDF |
Israel Defense Forces |
| InfoOps |
Information
Operations (UK, Modern) |
| IRD |
Information
Research Department, of the FO (UK, Post WWII) |
| IW |
Information
Warfare (US, Modern) |
| JIC |
Joint
Intelligence Committee (UK) |
| JTF |
Joint
Task Force (US) |
| JUSPAO |
Joint US Public Affairs Office (US Vietnam) |
| LPCC |
London
Propaganda Coordinating Committee (WWII) |
| M 129 |
US post-war fibreglass leaflet bomb |
| "M" Balloon |
British
balloon for disseminating propaganda leaflets (WWII) |
| MACV |
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (US) |
| MEW |
Ministry
of Economic Warfare (WWII) |
| MI5 |
Military
Intelligence 5 - Covername of the Security Service |
| MI6 |
Military
Intelligence 6 - Covername of SIS |
| MI7(b) |
Military
Intelligence 7(b) - Propganda (WWI), MI7(b)4 Responsible for
Aerial Propaganda Leaflets. |
| MI9 |
Military
Intelligence 9 - POW Escape & Evasion department (WWII) |
| MI
R |
Military
Intelligence Research, War Office department, one of the
forerunners of SOE (WWII) |
| MINDEF |
Ministry
of Defence (UK, Post WWII) |
| MOD |
Ministry
of Defence (UK, Post WWII) |
| MOI |
Ministry
of Information (WWII) |
| Monroe
bomb |
See
T-1 Bomb |
| MOOTW |
Military
Operations Other Than War (US) |
| MRBC |
Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (PWB/AFHQ WWII) |
| NATO |
North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation (post WWII) |
| NfdT |
Nachrichten
für die Truppe. Daily "grey" newspaper for German troops produced by a
joint PWE/OSS team (WWII) |
| Nickel |
RAF
codename for aerial propaganda leaflets (WWII) |
| OP3 |
Overt
Peacetime PSYOP Program (US, Modern) |
| OSS |
Office
of Strategic Services (US, WWII) |
| OTU |
Operational
Training Unit of the RAF (WWII) |
| OWI |
Office
of War Information (US, WWII) |
| PDU-5 |
PSYOP Dispensing Unit 5. US "Rockeye" cluster bomb adopted for use as a leaflet bomb. First used operationally during Operation Enduring Freedom. |
| PID |
Political
Intelligence Department. Covername of PWE (WWII) |
| Political
Warfare |
British
equivalent of Psychological Warfare. (WWII) |
| POW |
Prisoner/s
of War |
| POTF |
PSYOP
Task Force (US, Modern) |
| P&PW |
Publicity
& Psychological Warfare |
| Propaganda |
|
| -
Black |
Propaganda
which falsifies it origin |
| -
Grey |
Propaganda
which gives no clear indication of it's origin |
| -
White |
Direct
Allied-sponsored propaganda |
| -
Strategic |
Propaganda
designed to make civilians take action favourable to the Allied
Military operations (WWII) |
| -
Tactical |
Propaganda
aimed at reducing the enemy's combat strength by impairing
morale and persuading the individual soldier to stop fighting
(WWII) |
| PSYOP / PSYOPS |
Psychological
Operations. US abbreviation is PSYOP, whereas the NATO abbreviation is PSYOPS. |
| PsyWar |
Psychological
Warfare (WWII & Korea) |
| P/W,
Ps/W |
Prisoner/s
of War |
| PWB |
Psychological
Warfare Branch (WWII). (PWB/AFHQ & PWB/SEAC) |
| PWD |
Psychological
Warfare Division of SHAEF (WWII) |
| PWE |
Political
Warfare Executive (WWII) |
| RAF |
Royal
Air Force |
| RU |
Research
Unit (PWE codename for a "black" clandestine radio station) (WWII) |
| Reactions: |
|
| -
Direct |
Reactions
from statements by individuals, results of official surveys and
evidence reported by our own ground forces (WWII) |
| -
Indirect |
Reactions
from penalties, warnings and other examples of counter action
(WWII) |
| SAC |
Supreme
Allied Commander (WWII) |
| SEAC |
South
East Asia Command (WWII) |
| SEP |
Surrendered Enemy Personnel (UK, Malayan Emergency) |
| SHAEF |
Supreme
Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (WWII) |
| SHAPE |
Supreme
Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO) |
| SHARK |
British
codename for Enigma encrypted German Naval U-boat traffic |
| Sibs |
Codename
for rumours, taken from the Latin sibillare - "to whisper"
(WWII) |
| SIGNIT |
Signals
Intelligence |
| SIPRNET |
US
military secret internet - Secret Internet Protocol Router
Network |
| SIS |
Secret
Intelligence Service (British foreign intelligence and counter-intelligence service) |
| SO1 |
Special
Operations 1 - Propaganda, of SOE (WWII) |
| SO2 |
Special
Operations 2 - Operational, of SOE (WWII) |
| SO3 |
Special
Operations 3 - Planning, of SOE (WWII) |
| SOE |
Special
Operations Executive (UK, WWII) |
| SPA |
Service de la Propagande Aérienne ("Aerial Propaganda Service", France, WWI) |
| T-1
Bomb |
Leaflet
bomb designed by US Captain Monroe (WWII) |
| T-3
Bomb |
Leaflet
bomb produced from a converted US M-26 flare (WWII) |
| TAF |
Tactical Air Force (WWII) |
| TPT |
Tactical PSYOP(S) Team (Modern) |
| ULTRA |
British
codename for high-level intelligence derived from breaking German Enigma
encrypted signals |
| USAAF |
United
States Army Air Force |
| USACAPOC(A) |
United
States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
(Airborne). Activated on 27 November 1990 |
| USEB |
United
States Experimental Branch (covername for OSS) (WWII) |
| USIA |
US Information Agency (Vietnam) |
| USIS |
US Information Service (Vietnam) |
| UW |
Unconventionial
Warfare (US, Modern) |
| Wehrmacht |
German
Armed Forces in WWII, comprised of the Heer (Army), Luftwaffe
(Air Force), and Kriegsmarine (Navy) |
| Whispers |
See
Sibs |
| WO |
War
Office (UK, WWII) |
| X |
SOE
German & Austrian Section (also refers to the head of the Section)
(WWII) |
