WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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Germany was divided into four zones of occupation
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the United Nations was formed to prevent future acts of genocide
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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established to stop the spread of communism
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Nazi political and military leaders were held accountable for their actions
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Detailed explanation-1: -The trials uncovered the German leadership that supported the Nazi dictatorship. Of the 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death, 20 to lifelong imprisonment, and 98 other prison sentences. Twenty five defendants were found not guilty. Many of the prisoners were released early in the 1950s as a result of pardons.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nuremberg trials concluded that an international legal shield would further protect humanity and that even a Head of State could be held criminally liable and prosecuted for hostility and human rights violations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nuremberg trials established that all of humanity would be guarded by an international legal shield and that even a Head of State would be held criminally responsible and punished for aggression and Crimes Against Humanity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949.