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The commanders of the Wehrmacht are in the dock during the Nuremberg Trials in the court in Nuremberg, Germany, February 12, 1948. From left to right: Wilhelm von Leeb, Hugo Sperrle, Georg von Kuechler, Hermann Hoth, Hans Reinhardt, Hans von Salmuth, Karl Hollidt, Otto Schniewind, Karl von Roques and Hermann Reinecke. Second row from left to right: Walter Warlimont, Otto Woehler and Rudolf Lehmann. At the end of World War II, the International Military Tribunal was established by the USA, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union to indict and try former Nazi Party leaders as war criminals. The individual defendants were charged not only with the systematic murder of millions of people, but also with planning and carrying out the war in Europe. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Str)