Editing High Command Trial (section)

==Background==
[[File:High Command Trial courtroom.png|thumb|upright=1.3|High Command Trial courtroom]]
The accused in this trial were high-ranking generals of the German [[Wehrmacht]] (including two [[field marshal]]s of the Army, one field marshal of the air force and one [[general admiral]]), some of whom had been members of the [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht|High Command]] of [[Nazi Germany]]'s military forces. They were charged with having participated in or planned or facilitated the execution of the numerous war crimes and atrocities committed in countries occupied by the German forces during the war.

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal V-A, were the American John C. Young (presiding judge), Winfield B. Hale, and Justin W. Harding. The Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution was [[Telford Taylor]]. The [[indictment]] was filed on November 28, 1947; the trial lasted from December 30 that year until October 28, 1948.