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| Potsdam Conference | Meeting between the Allies to make plans to reorganize Europe after the war, how to defeat Japan, and war reparations. The conference was a watershed moment in the relationship between Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. |
| Marshall Plan | The plan under President Truman which gave European countries nearly $13 billion in financial aid to help European countries to rebuild |
| Yalta Conference | The conference held in February 1945 to discuss how Europe would be reorganized after the war. The conference decided that Germany would be split into four occupied zones, and that Germany would pay war damages. |
| Nuremberg Trials | Military trials held by the Allied forces to prosecute war criminals of World War II |
| United Nations | A group organized as a result of World War II to help countries deal with future conflicts and avoid war |
| War Crimes | Actions during a war that violate accepted international rules of war |
| Communism | A government where all decisions are made by the government, and the government is usually led by one powerful leader |
| Democracy | A government ruled by the people |
