The principal military courts set up by the victorious Allies are the forerunners of the modern more truly international tribunals.
The charges were waging a war of aggression (for more on this topic please see another page in this guide), war crimes ( topic continued on another page), and crimes against humanity (more on this topic). The development of the law against genocide is a separate page in this guide.
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Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
War crime trials -- Germany
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation
The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law by 
The Nuremberg Medical Trial: the Holocaust and the origin of the Nuremberg medical code by 
Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals : transitional justice, trial narratives, and historiography by 
Soviet judgment at Nuremberg : a new history of the international military tribunal after World War II by 
Stalin's Soviet Justice: "show" trials, war crimes trials, and Nuremberg by For subject searching in SOLO
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948
War crime trials -- Japan
War crime trials -- Australia
War crime trials -- Indonesia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Indonesia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation
World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation -- Australia
War criminals -- Japan
Tokyo International Military Tribunal by 
The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal : law, history, and jurisprudence by 
Australia's War Crimes Trials 1945-51 by 
Military Trials of War Criminals in the Netherlands East Indies 1946-1949 by "The United Nations War Crimes Commission was a little-known United Nations agency operating between 1943 and 1948, with the aim of identifying, classifying, and assisting national governments with the trials of war criminals in the European and East Asian theatres. Working in parallel to the more famous Nuremberg and Far East trial processes, it assisted with an unprecedented over 30,000 cases – far more than Nuremberg, UN-supported, and International Criminal Court caseloads combined." https://unwcc.org/about/
United Nations War Crimes Commission. Law reports of trials of war criminals are on Level 3 at Internat 160 U58a
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