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High Command Case Examines Senior Military Responsibility

United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1947Date range
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Chronological records

1947

Telford Taylor28 November 1947

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The High Command prosecution addresses the responsibility of senior commanders for unlawful orders, occupation practices and crimes committed by forces under their authority.

Names involved

Telford Taylor

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