Rebecca- The instrument on board a plane that was able to receive signals from an eureka.
Reception Committee- A group of Resistance members who would set up lights to guide planes carrying agents to the landing or dropping ground, help them on their arrival and carry away any containers or packages dropped with them.
Re'seau- Resistance circuit or network.
R F Section- DeGaulle's parallel French department to F section.
SD- Sicherheritsdienst, Himmler's security force.
Section D- A special unit within the SIS for carrying out dirty tricks against the enemy.
SHAEF- Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force
SIS- Secret Intelligence Service
SNCF- Socie'te' Nationale des Chemins de F- Francais- the French state railway authority.
SOE- Special Operations Executive, formed in 1940.
S-Phone- A device that allowed pilots to talk directly to the agents on the ground.
STO- Service du Travil Obligatoire (forced labor for French men in Germany).
Time Pencil- A form of explosive that could be carefully pre-set, allowing agents time to get away, it was activated when an agent pressed a ridge on the pencil, allowing the release of acid that at a pre-determined rate through a wire attached to a detonator.
Todt Organization- The organization Todt (OT) was named after Pritz Todt, Hitler's young engineer and chief architect, and mustered huge numbers of men for the Nazi building and production program, using both forced labor and prisoners of war as well as some volunteers lured in by propaganda.
23-land- SOE code for Spain.
27-land- SOE code for France.
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