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SHAEF

British  
/ ʃeɪf /

noun

  1. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces

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At SHAEF, my father was promoted to lieutenant commander and assigned to G-5, the Financial Division, where he served as chief of the Foreign Exchange and Property Control Section.

From Washington Post

General Walter Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff of SHAEF, saying in substance, "there will be a lag of 48 hours in all news given about our positions during this situation" .

From Time Magazine Archive

At SHAEF, however, the Supreme Commander's hard-working chief of staff, Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Eisenhower was boss of SHAEF, he dubbed Colonel Oreste Pinto "the greatest living authority on security."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was whisked immediately to the super-secret second-floor communications room, which has direct radio-telephone connections to London, SHAEF, and to field operations.

From Time Magazine Archive