WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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By killing the leaders of Nazi Germany making sure they couldn’t rise up again.
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By promoting good behavior.
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By showing that there would be consequences for people and nations that committed really bad acts.
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By forcing people to accept the evil in the world.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nuremberg Trial is still relevant today, 75 years after its creation following World War II. It represents a revolutionary moment in the development of international law, transitional justice, and human rights, and it laid the foundation for the current International Criminal Court (ICC).
Detailed explanation-4: -Though the trial failed to convince all Germans of their responsibility for initiating World War II and the Holocaust in Europe, it forged a tentative consensus about the criminality of Hitler’s rule.