menders of the Wehrmacht, the Army, the Navy, and the
Air Forces. The individuals comprising this group are the persons who
held the following appointments:
Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine
(Commander in Chief of the Navy);
Chef (and, formerly, Chef des Stabes) der Seekriegsleittmg (Chief
of Naval War Staff);
Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Commander in Chief of the Army);
Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres (Chief of the General Staff of
the Army);
Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (Commander in Chief of the Air
Force);
Chef des Ceneralstabes der Luftwaffe (Chief of the General Staff
of the Air Force);
Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht (Chief of the High Command
of the Armed Forces);
Chef des Führungsstabes des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht
(Chief of the Operations Staff of the High Command of the Armed
Forces);
Stellvertretender Chef des Führungsstabes des Oberkommandos
der Wehrmacht (Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff of the High
Command of the Armed Forces);
Commanders-in-Chief in the field, with the status of
Oberbefehlshaber, of the Wehrmacht, Navy, Army, Air Force.
Functioning in such capacities and in association
as a group at a highest level in the German Armed Forces
Organization, these persons had a major responsibility for the
planning, preparation, initiation, and waging of illegal wars as set
forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment and for the War Crimes
and Crimes against Humanity involved in the execution of the common
plan or conspiracy set forth in Counts Three and Four of the
Indictment.
APPENDIX C
Charges and Particulars of Violations
of International Treaties, Agreements, and Assurances Caused by the
Defendants in the Course of Planning, Preparing, and Initiating the
Wars
I
CHARGE: Violation of the Convention for the
Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, signed at The Hague, 29
July 1899.