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  1. British Military Court

    • בית המשפט הצבאי הבריטי
    • Brytyjski Sąd Wojskowy.

  2. Allied Military Government

    • Governo Militare Alleato

  3. International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg

    • Mezinárodní vojenský tribunál v Norimberku
    • Międzynarodowy Trybunał Wojskowy w Norymberdze
    • Internationaler Militärgerichtshof (IMG)

    20 November 1945 - 1 October 1946

    The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg was established after the mutual agreement of Great Britain, France, United States and the Soviet Union to punish captured Nazi officials for their war crimes. The main proceeding was lead against 24 Nazi representatives (including Hermann Göring or Rudolf Hess) and also against representatives of 6 criminal organizations (NSDAP, SS, SD, Gestapo, SA, OKW - these organizations were prohibited). During the proceeding were the accused sentenced to death, life imprisonment or 10-20 years of imprisonment. After the main proceeding went after subse...

  4. Kauno karo komendantūra

    • Litauische Kommandantur in Kaunas
    • Military Commandant in Kaunas

    Military Commandant in Kaunas was appointed in June 1941. When German Army entered Kaunas on 25 June 1941 Kaunas Military Commandant started to follow and implement the instructions issued by German 821th Military Field Commandant's instructions. Since 30 July 1941 Military Commandant in Kaunas was under the authority of German 11th Reserve Police Battalion. In the first days of the war Military Commandant in Kaunas was involved into arresting of the Red Army soldiers and communists.

  5. Војни архив

    • Vojni arhiv
    • Serbian Military Archives

  6. Military Government Court USA - Case Buchenwald

    • Wojskowy Sąd Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki Północnej. Proces załogi obozu koncentracyjnego w Buchenwaldzie

  7. Office of Military Government, United States

    • Amt der Militärregierung für Deutschland (U.S.)
    • OMGUS

    1946-01-01 / 1949-12-05

    The Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS; German: Amt der Militärregierung für Deutschland (U.S.)) was the United States military-established government created shortly after the end of hostilities in occupied Germany in World War II. Under General Lucius D. Clay, it administered the area of Germany and sector of Berlin controlled by the United States Army. The Allied Control Council comprised military authorities from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and France. Though created on January 1, 1946, OMGUS previously reported to the U.S. Group Control Coun...

  8. Wehrkreis

    • Military districts

    One of the principle reasons for the continued cohesion of the German Army was the very method by which units were raised, refitted, and rotated. Central to the raising and refitting of divisions stood the Wehrkreis system. The goal of the Wehrkreis system was to relieve field commanders from as much administrative work as possible while providing a regular flow of trained recruits and supplies to the field army. In this it succeeded to a great extent despite the system’s apparent complexity. By 1943 there were a total of 19 Wehrkreise in Germany and the occupied territories. Each army divi...

  9. 814-oji karo lauko komendantūra

    • Feldkommandantur 814
    • Military Field Commander Number 814 in Vilnius

    Military Field Commander Number 814 in Vilnius was established in July 1941 and existed untill July 1944. The institution was under the authority of Der Kommandant in Litauen des Wehrmachtsbefehlshabers Ostland. The Commandant handled almost all military and civilian affairs, except for the political. Also supervised activities of the committee of the citizens' of the Vilnius city and the area and activities of the Lithuanian auxiliary police.

  10. Kauno 13-oji didžioji kariuomenės statybos įstaiga

    • Grosse Heeresbaudienststelle 13 Kauen
    • Kaunas Major Military Construction Office Number 13

    Kaunas Major Military Construction Office Number 13 supervised construction of military objects.

  11. Wehrkreiskommando

    • Military District Command

    The goal of the Wehrkreis system was to relieve field commanders from as much administrative work as possible while providing a regular flow of trained recruits and supplies to the field army.

  12. Feldgendarmerie

    • Army military police

    Between 1939 and 1941, there was a growing need for troops to maintain control over those areas recently conquered by the Wehrmacht. Some units of the Ordnungspolizei were integrated into the army’s Feldgendarmerie units. The Ordnungspolizei had the right to draft men, and by the summer of 1940 almost 250,000 men served these units.

  13. Militärbefehlshaber im Südosten

    • Military Commander Southeast
    • MilBfh

    With Directive No. 48, Hitler established the new position of Militaerbefehlshaber im Südosten, with headquarters in Belgrade.

  14. Żydowski Związek Wojskowy

    • Jewish Military Union
    • ŻZW

    Founded in 1939-10

    Żydowski Związek Wojskowy was set up in 1939-10 by officers and noncommissioned officers in the Polish army of Jewish background. ŻZW worked with the Security Corps and numbered about 250 people. Units of the ŻZW took part in the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.

  15. Polska Organizacja Wojskowa

    • Polish Military Organisation
    • POW

    The Polska Organizacja Wojskowa was founded by Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the future chief of independent Poland. Its main function had been intelligence-gathering and sabotage.

  16. Geheime Feldpolizei

    • Secret military police
    • GFP

    The main tasks of the Geheime Feldpolizei were counterintelligence and security. Members of the Geheime Feldpolizei were actually the executives of the Abwehr.

  17. Militärbefehlshaber Serbien

    • Military Commander of Serbia

    Founded in 1941-04-21

    The German military government in Serbia was established by an order of the chief of the Oberkommando des Heeres, Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, of 1941-04-21. This order, effective on 1941-04-22 and implemented by a series of others, established the Militaerbefehlshaber Serbien as the chief of the occupation regime.

  18. Militärbefehlshaber in Belgien und Nordfrankreich

    • Military Commandor of Belgium and Northern France

    1940/1944

    In Belgium, the territories of Eupen, Malmedy, and Moresnet, which had belonged to Germany prior to 1918, were annexed. From 1940 to 1944, the rest of the country was under a German military administration led by a Militärbefehlshaber in Belgien und Nordfrankreich, General Alexander von Falkenhausen.

  19. Γερμανική Στρατιωτική Διοίκησις Κρήτης

    • German Military Administration in Crete
    • Germaniki Stratiotiki Dioikisi Kritis

  20. Úřad československého delegáta v komisi pro stíhání válečných zločinců

    • Office of the Czechoslovak delegate in the United Nations Commission for Prosecution of War Criminals
    • Úřad československého delegáta u mezinárodního vojenského soudu v Norimberku
    • Office of the Czechoslovak delegate at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg

    The creator of the fonds, the Office of the Czechoslovak delegate in the United Nations Commission for Prosecution of War Criminals (from 1945 known as the Office of the Czechoslovak delegate at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg) was founded in 1943 and its goal was to represent Czechoslovakia in the commission, to cooperate internationally on investigations and to take actions against war criminals from Czechoslovak point of view. In the same time, the office also reported back to the Czechoslovak government and to the Ministry of Interior and Justice (records of interrogati...