Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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 R

Prefix for Japanese code words assigned to Asutralian targets in the Papua/New Guinea--Solomons region (eg: RZQ = Port Moresby

 R&R

Record and routing

 RA

Regular Army

 RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

 RABBIT

Alsega Bay, New Britain

 RABBIT

Ma Asin, Leyte, P.I.

 RACCOON

Maitbog, Leyte, P.I.

 RACCOON

Thilenius Harbor, New Britain

 RACKET

Adi River, New Britain

 RACKETEER

Fanning Island, Line Islands

 RACKLE

Rotterdam, Netherlands

 Rad

Radiogram

 RADIATOR

Kanaga Island, Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands

 RAdm

Rear Admiral

 RAF

Royal Air Force

 RAFFLING

Nobeoka, Japan

 RAGAMUFFIN

Karai Ai, New Britain

 RAGGED

Birik, New Britain

 RAGTIME

Spratly Island, China Sea

 RAGWEED

Jacquinot Bay, New Britain

 RAILING

Kawasaki, Japan

 RAINBOW

The Rome-Berline-Tokyo Axis

 RAINBOW

Various plans prepared between 1939 and 1941 to meet Axis aggression involving more than one enemy.

 RAINBOW-5

A U.S. military plan of action designed to implement that portion of ABC-1 which applied to the United Kingdom in the event of U.S. entry into the war

 RAKEOFF

Ust-Bolshervetsk, Kamchatka, U.S.S.R.

 RAMSHACKLE

Monga Monga Point, New Britain

 RAN

Royal Australian Navy

 RANCID

Greenland

 RANDEM

Tai Shei Sha Island, Chusan Archipelago, China

 Rangers

Specially trained American assault troops

 RANKIN

Plan for the return to the Continent in the event of German disintegration

 RAP

ROUNDUP Administrative Planners

 RAPHAEL

Cape Schellong, New Britain

 RAPSCALLION

Aguijan Island, Marianas Islands

 RAPTUROUS

Amsterdam, Netherlands

 RASCAL

Manipa Strait, Waspimat Bay, N.E.I.

 RASHNESS

Offensive operations to be conducted by China Theater forces in 1945 (Cancelled, CARBONADO substituted)

 RASPBERRY

Linga Linga, New Britain

 RASPBERRY

Method of protecting convoys against U-Boat attacks (G.B.)

 RASPBERRY

Wilson Island, Treasury Islands

 RATCATCHER

Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea

 RATION

Interception of Vicy French ships

 RATSBANE

Southern Kyushu, Japan

 RATTLE

Conference held by the Combined Operations Headquarters in 1943 to discuss amphibious tactics and techniques

 RATTRAP

Bismarck Archipelago

 RAVENOUS

4 Corps plan for recapture of northern Burma.

 RAVIOLI

Tarawe, New Britain

 RAWBONE

Cape Knorr, New Britain

 RAWHIDE

Anu River, New Britain

 RAYBAN

Cape Tawop, New Britain

 RAZOR

Kosesikwa Point, Lusancay Island, Trobriand Islands

 RCAF

Royal Canadian Air Force

 Rcd

Record

 Recd

Received

 RCN

Royal Canadian Navy

 Rcn

Reconnaissance

 RCT

Regimental Combat Team

 Rdr

Raider

 Reasgmt

Reassignment

 REBATE

Planes de Gaiacs Aerodrome, New Caledonia

 REBELLIOUS

Malabang, Mindanao, P.I.

 Rec

Record(s)

 RECCO

Maug Island, Marianas Islands

 RECEPTABLE

Wotje Island, Marshall Islands

RECKLESS

Hollandia Operation, New Guinea

 RECLAIM

Jerusalem, Palestine

 Recon

Reconnaissance

 RECOVER

Nama Island, Caroline Islands

 RECUPERATE

Ellice Islands

 RED

Great Britain (canceled)

 RED HERRING

Finschhafen, New Guinea

 REDLEAD

Lindenhafen Plantation, New Britain

 REDSTART

Kagoshima, Kyushu Island, Japan

 REDWOOD

Lunga Signal Tower, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

 REEDBIRD

Yokohama, Japan

 REEFER

Verde Island Passage, P.I.

 Ref

Reference:

 Referat

Desk (German: p. 10)

 REFEREE

South Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands

 Reg

Regulation

 Regd Doc(s)

Registered Document(s)

 Regt(s)

Regiment(s)

 Reichsversorgungsabteilung

Civilian Pensions Branch (German: p. 49)

 REINDEER

Anato, New Britain

 Reinf

Reinforced

 RELEVANT

Postwar Base Development plan for Philippine Islands and Okinawa

 RENO

Outline plan for operations in Southwest Pacific Area for 1944

 RENO II

SWPA operations along northern coast of New Guinea and thence to Mindanao, P. I.

 RENOVATION

Karkar Island, New Guinea

 Reorgn

Reorganization

 REPEATEDLY

Mining of Singapore

 REPENT

Boela, Ceram, N.E.I.

 REPREHEND

Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu Island, Japana

 REPROBATE

Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands

 REPROVE

Palams Island, Mindanao, P.I.

 Rep(s)

Representative(s)

 Repl(s)

Replacement(s)

 Req

Required, requisition

 Reqmt(s)

Requirement(s)

 Rept

Report

 Res

Reserve

 RESERVIST

Seizure of vital points in the harbor at Oran, North Africa and landing of British and United States forces to prevent sabotage of docks, etc. (8 November 1942)

 RESPLENDENT

China-Burma-India Theatre

 RETICULE

Velkal, Siberia

 RETRIBUTION

To prevent any of the enemy reaching Italian territory if they should attempt to evacuate Tunisia (April­June 1943)

reurad

Regarding your radiogram

 Rev

Revised, revision

 REVERE

Tambiu Island, New Britain

 RF

Representative Fraction (Map Scale); Radio Frequency

 RHEUMATISM

Laughlan Island, Louisiade Archipelago

 Rhino ferry

A barge constructed of bolted pontoon units and propelled by an outboard motor

 RHODODENDRON

Rua Sura, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

 RHUBARB

Bilomi River, New Britain

 RHUBARB

Inaguau, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

 RHUMB

Mindoro Strait, P.I.

 RHUMBA

Plan for reversing BOLERO and transferring U.S. forces, supplies, and logistic structure from the United Kingdom to the Continent

 RIDDANCE

Japanese Home Islands

 RIFFLER

Ariake Wan, Kyushu, Japan

 RIFLERANGE

Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands

 RIGHTHOOK

Solomon Sea

 RINA

Cozumel and Mujeres Islands

 RINGBOLT

Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands

 RINGER

Basra, Iraq

 RIPVANWINKLE

Cape Archway, New Britain

 RLG

Regimental Landing Group

 RLT

Regimental Landing Team

 Ro--Rohstoffabteilung

Raw Materials Branch (German: p. 57)

 RM

Royal Marine(s)

 RMA

Royal Marine Artillery

 RN

Royal Navy (United Kingdom)

 ROADMAKER

Operations against Caroline Islands

 ROARING

Hawaii Island, T.H.

 ROCKALONG

Maiduguri, Africa

 ROCKCRUSHER

Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan

 ROCOCO

Maug Island, Marianas Islands

 RODENT

Akureyri, Iceland

 Rohstoffstelle OKH

Army Raw Materials Center 293

 ROICC

Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (subordinate to OICC)

 ROISTERER

Legaspi, P.I.

 ROITAN

Siassi Island, New Britain

 ROMANCE

Brazil

 ROMANCER

Sepik River, New Guinea

 ROMEO

Marli, New Britain

 ROMNEY

Cape Balangori, New Britain

 ROMULUS

Operation for the clearance of Arakan down to and including Akyab, Burma

 ROOFTREE

Joint Army and Navy plan for participation in TORCH

 ROOKERY

Corinto, Nicaragua

 ROOSTER

Batavia, Java, N.E.I.

 ROOSTER

Gasmata, New Britain (Canceled)

rope

Narrow metallic strips of various lengths which, when dropped from aircraft, created false signals on enemy radarscopes.

 ROSE

Allied landing at Tuleer, Madagascar (29 September 1942)

 ROSEBUD

Samar, P.I.

 ROSELIN

Stettin Bay, New Britain

 ROSEMONT

Rein Bay, New Britain

 ROSES

Efate, New Hebrides Islands

 ROSEWOOD

Alokun Island, Solomon Islands

 Ro St A--Rohstoff-Stammabteilung

Central Raw Materials Branch (German: p. 58)

 ROTC

Reserve Officers' Training Corps

 ROUNDHAMMER

Code name used at the Washington Conference in May 1943 to designate a modified ROUNDUP invasion

ROUNDUP

Operation plan against continent of Europe, spring 1943 (Canceled)

 ROVER

U.S. Tenth Military District

 ROWLEY

Manfredonia, Italy

 ROWLOCK

Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands

 Rpt

Report

 RTO

Rail Transportation Officer

 RUBICON

Bolivia

 RUDDINESS

Shibushi, Japan

 RUDIMENTARY

Freemantle, Australia

 RUFE

Float-plane counterpart of the Mitsubishi type 0 single-engine fighter used by both the Japanese Army and Navy (ZERO or ZEKE)

 RUGBY

Boli Point, Lusancay Island, Trobriand Islands

 RULER

Sulu Sea, P.I.

 RUMPELKAMMER (German)

Flying bomb attack on England

 RUNABOUT

Florida Island, Solomon Islands

 RUNT

Samarai Island, New Guinea

 RUNYON

Bola Bola, New Britain

 RUPERT

Expedition to capture Narvik, Norway (16 April 1940) (G.B.)

 RUSTY

Anambas Islands, N.E.I.

 RUSTY

Photo reconnaissance in Africa

 RYE

Three Island, Treasury Islands

 RZP

Japanese code word for Port Moresby, Papua/New Guinea

 RZQ

Japanese code word for Port Moresby, Papua/New Guinea

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