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World War II

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  • United States, In re Yamashita
  • United States Military Court in Germany, Trial of Skorzeny and Others
  • United States, Trial of Lieutenant General Harukei Isayama
  • United States Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, The Justice Trial
  • Germany/United Kingdom, Shackling of Prisoners of War
  • Switzerland Acting as Protecting Power in World War II
  • Netherlands, In re Pilz
  • Burma, Ko Maung Tin v. U Gon Man
  • British Military Court at Hamburg, The Peleus Trial
  • Singapore, Bataafsche Petroleum v. The War Damage Commission
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