WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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the Holocaust
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the firebombing of Dresden
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the use of nuclear bombs
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the internment of Japanese-American citizens
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nuremberg trials addressed all German crimes associated with World War II together, not the Holocaust in particular. In fact, at the time, the concept of the Holocaust as we now know it did not yet exist.
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. Twenty five defendants were found not guilty. Many of the prisoners were released early in the 1950s as a result of pardons.
Detailed explanation-3: -After nine months, the verdicts in the Major War Criminals Trial were read on September 30 and October 1, 1946. Twelve defendants were sentenced to death, three to life imprisonment, and four to long prison terms. The Tribunal found three defendants not guilty.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nuremberg Trials were trials held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies prosecuted German military leaders political officials industrialists and financiers for crimes they have committed during World War 2. Nazi leaders were charged with war crimes.