FFI: Forces Françaises de l’Interior. French Resistance group
Gefreiter: Soldier in the German Army, rank similar to a private in the US Army
Hauptmann: Officer in the German Army, rank similar to a captain in the US Army
Hauptsturmführer: Officer in the Gestapo, rank similar to a captain in the US Army
Korvettenkapitän: Officer in the German Navy, rank similar to a lieutenant commander in the US Navy
Kriegsmarine: German Navy
Luftwaffe: German Air Force
Maquis: French Resistance
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service, division responsible for foreign intelligence
Milice: Collaborationist French police during WWII
NKVD: Soviet secret police from 1934 to 1953, responsible for foreign and domestic espionage
Obersturmführer: Officer in the Gestapo, rank similar to a first lieutenant in the US Army
OSS: Office of Strategic Services. US intelligence and sabotage agency that operated from June 1942 to January 1946
Politruk: Junior political officer in the Soviet Red Army (Latinized form)
Rottenführer: Gestapo squad leader
SOE: Special Operations Executive. British intelligence and sabotage agency that operated from July 1940 to January 1946
Standartenführer: Officer in the Gestapo, rank similar to a colonel in the US Army
Sturmmann: Stormtrooper in the Gestapo
Unterfeldwebel: Junior-level noncommissioned officer in the German Army; squad leader
Wehrmacht: German Army
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