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Which of the following was a series of military tribunals held in Germany following World War II by the…

The Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 military tribunals held in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949 by the Allied forces under the Charter of the International…

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Which of the following was a series of military tribunals held in Germany following World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war?

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The Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 military tribunals held in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949 by the Allied forces under the Charter of the International Military Tribunal (London Charter of 1945) and Control Council Law No. 10 to prosecute prominent political, military, and economic leaders of Nazi Germany for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The Tokyo Trial (International Military Tribunal for the Far East) was held in Japan, the Eichmann Trial was conducted before an Israeli domestic civilian court in Jerusalem in 1961, and the Peleus Trial was a single British military trial held in March 1945 before the end of World War II in Europe.

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