Battle of the Bulge a month-long battle (December 1944 to January 1945) in the Ardennes region of northeast France during which the Allies succeeded in holding off German troops and hastened the end of the war in Europe.
K™‘nigsberg the easternmost city of the German empire; after World War II, it became part of the Soviet Union and was renamed Kalingrad.
Breslau a city in Germany.
Rhine a river that runs through west-central Germany.
Remagen the German city where Allied troops crossed the Rhine River to capture Cologne near the end of World War II.
Sulfa a bacteria-inhibiting drug.
cerebral hemorrhage severe bleeding of the brain.
House of Commons one of two legislative bodies of the British government (the other is the House of Lords).
R. Anthony Eden (1897-1977) British statesman and prime minister (1955-57).
Wailing Wall the holiest place in the world for a religious Jew. The Wailing Wall is the last remnant of the Jewish temple that was destroyed by the Romans in the year 70 A.D. Jews hold many types of religious services there.
Eretz Yisroel (Eh retz Yees rah ale) Hebrew for the land of Israel.
goyishkeit (goy ish kite) a Jewish colloquial word referring to the culture of a non-Jew.
