The Cold War Begins: 1946-1953

2. Allies tried 22 top Nazis at Nuremberg, Germany during 1945 and 1946. 3. 12 Nazis hanged and seven sentenced to long jail terms. 4. Legal critics in U.S. condemned proceedings as judicial lynchings because the defendants were tried for offenses that had not been clear-cut crimes when the war began. ................
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