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| Tuskegee Airmen | The first black American pilots. They won respect during their service in World War II. |
| Code Talkers | The name used for Native Americans who used their unwritten language to transmit codes about troop movements, battlefield tactics, and other important communications during World War II |
| Women's Army Corps (WAC) | American women who served in the army during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve in the army. |
| International Military Tribunal | The group that tried the major war criminals responsible for the Holocaust at Nuremberg, Germany |
| Israel | Founded by the United Nations after WWII as a country for the Jewish people, in order to provide them safety from religious persecution |
| Palestine | Geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. In 1948 it was partitioned into an Arab State, a Jewish state (Israel) and the International Regime for the City of Jerusalem. |
| Big Three | Major countries of the Allies: Russia, the United States, and Great Britain |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Britain (1940-1945 and 1951-1955) during World War II. Attended Potsdam and Yalta conferences |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Soviet Union (1922-1953) during World War II and its aftermath |
