as criminal groups and organizations for the offense
set forth in this Count One of the Indictment.
COUNT TWO-CRIMES AGAINST PEACE
(Charter, Article 6 (a) )
V. Statement of the Offense
All the defendants with divers other persons,
during a period of years preceding 8 May 1945, participated in the
planning, preparation, initiation, and waging of wars of aggression,
which were also wars in violation of international treaties,
agreements, and assurances.
VI. Particulars of the wars planned,
prepared, initiated, and waged
(A) The wars referred to in the Statement of
Offense in this Count Two of the Indictment and the dates of their
initiation were the following: against Poland, 1 September 1939;
against the United Kingdom and France, 3 September 1939; against
Denmark and Norway, 9 April 1940; against Belgium, the Netherlands,
and, Luxembourg, 10 May 1940; against Yugoslavia and Greece, 6 April
]941; against the U.S.S.R., 22 June 1941; and against the United
States of America, 11 December 1941.
(B) Reference is hereby made to Count One of the Indictment for
the allegations charging that these wars were wars of aggression on
the part of the defendants.
(C) Reference is hereby made to Appendix C
annexed to this Indictment for a statement of particulars of the
charges of violations of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances caused by the defendants in the course of planning,
preparing, and initiating these wars.
VII. Individual Group and Organlzatlon
Responsibllty for the Offense Stated In Count Two
Reference is hereby made to Appendix A of this
Indictment for a statement of the responsibility of the individual
defendants for the offense set forth in this Count Two of the
Indictment. Reference is hereby made to Appendix B of this Indictment
for a statement of the responsibility of the groups and organizations
named herein as criminal groups and organizations for the offense set
forth in this Count Two of the Indictment.
COUNT THREE-WAR CRIMES
(Charter, Article 6, especially 6 (b)
)
VIII Statement of the Offense
All the defendants committed War Crimes between 1
September 1939 and 8 May 1945, in Germany and in all those countries
and