List of Entries Smersh Smith, Holland (1882–1967) Smith, Walter Bedell (1895–1961) smokescreens Smolensk Gate Smolensk, Battle of (July– September, 1941) Smolensk Gate Smolensk strategic operation Smuts, Jan Christian (1870–1950) SNAFU snipers Sobibor social-Darwinism social fascism SOE Sokolovsky, Vasily D (1897–1968) Solomon Islands Solomon Sea, Battle of (1942) SONAR Sonderkommando Sonderweg Songhua (Songari) Fleet SONNENBLUME (FebruaryMarch, 1941) SONNENWENDE (February 16–21, 1945) Sorge, Richard (1895–1944) SOS South Africa South East Asia Command (SEAC) South Pacific Area South West Pacific Area (SWPA) Soviet Air Force Soviet Army Soviet Navy Soviet Union Sovinformburo Spaatz, Carl (1891–1974) Spahis Spain Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) Spanish Legion SPARK (January 12–18, 1943) special action xxxviii Special Air Service (SAS) Special Attack Corps Special Boat Section Special Force special forces Special Liaison Units Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) Special Operations Executive (SOE) special orders Special Raiding Squadron Speer, Albert (1905–1981) Sperrle, Hugo (1885–1953) Sperrverband spetsnaz sphere of influence S-phone spies spigot mortar Spitfire Spitzbergen SPRING AWAKENING (1945) Spruance, Raymond (1886–1969) squad squadristi squadron (air) squadron (naval) Squid SS SSS SS-VT stab-in-the-back Staffel Stalag Stalin, Josef (1879–1953) Stalingrad, Battle of (September 5, 1942– January 31, 1943) Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (July 23November 18, 1942) Stalingrad strategic offensive operation (November 19, 1942-February 2, 1943) Stalin Line Stalin organ