War crimes in World War II

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World War II saw the largest scale of war crimes and crimes against humanity ever committed in an armed conflict, mostly against civilians and specific groups (e.g. Jews, Homosexuals, mentally ill and disabled people) and POWs. Most of these crimes were carried out by the Axis powers who constantly violated the rules of war and the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, mostly by Nazi Germany[1] and Imperial Japan.[2]

This is a list of war crimes committed during World War II.[3]

  1. ^ Hutchinson, Robert (2022-09-27), "Crimes without Punishment", After Nuremberg, Yale University Press, pp. 148–190, ISBN 978-0-300-25530-0, retrieved 2024-11-01
  2. ^ "2 Political Crimes: The 1920s", Janus-Faced Justice, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 36–68, 1992-12-31, doi:10.1515/9780824842512-004, ISBN 978-0-8248-4251-2, retrieved 2024-07-13
  3. ^ "War Crimes and Their Treatment Since The Second World War". A World History of War Crimes. 2016. doi:10.5040/9781474219129.ch-007.