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Yugoslavia (par. 30 of the indictment). The defendants von Roques and
Woehler were charged only with participation in the attack against the USSR
(par. 41 of the indictment). Count one of the indictment (crimes against peace)
expressly, “incorporated”, by reference the acts and conduct set
forth specifically under counts two and three (war crimes and crimes against
humanity), alleging that these acts and conduct were included in, “the
participation of the defendants in the planning, initiation, and waging of wars
of aggression and invasions of other countries”, and were, “committed
as an integral part” of aggression (par. 43).
Just as the Allies
had code names for projected operations (e.g., “Overlord,”
“Torch”) so did the Germans. The following table shows the dates of
initiation of the principal military operations and the code names under which
they were planned by the German Armed Forces: |
| |
| Country concerned |
Date of Initiation of
Invasion |
Code Name |
| Austria |
12 March
1938 |
Case Otto |
| Czechoslovakia |
1 October
1938
15 March 1939 |
Case
Green |
| Poland |
1 September
1939 |
Case
White |
| Denmark &
Norway |
9 April
1940 |
Weser
Exercise |
| Belgium,
Netherlands & Luxembourg |
10 May
1940 |
Case
Yellow |
| Greece |
6 April
1941 |
Case
Marita |
| Yugoslavia |
6 April
1941 |
Case 25 |
| U.S.S.R. |
22 June
1941 |
Case
Barbarossa |
| United States
of America |
11 December
1941 |
None |
|
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| Substantial argument concerning the charges of aggressive war has
already been reproduced above in the selections from the opening statements of
the prosecution and defense (sec. III). In view of the long period of history
and the complicated issues involved in the aggressive war charges, it has been
thought advisable to include further argumentation from the closing statements
of both the prosecution and defense (sec. V B) before the selections from the
evidence (sec. VI). |
| |
B. Selection From the Closing Statements of the
Prosecution and the Defense |
| |
I. EXTRACT FROM THE CLOSING STATEMENT
OF
THE PROSECUTION* |
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* Complete closing statement is recorded
in mimeographed transcript, 10 August 1948, pp. 9505-9620.
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