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War crimes committed by country. Military history of Poland. Human rights abuses in Poland.
Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, [3] along with auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occupation of Poland in World War II, [4] included the genocide of millions of Polish people, especially the systematic extermination of Jewish Poles. [b] These mass killings were enacted by the Nazis with further ...
Under international law, war crimes were formally defined as crimes during international trials such as the Nuremberg Trials and the Tokyo Trials, in which Austrian, German and Japanese leaders were prosecuted for war crimes which were committed during World War II .
In one case, the force has contacted a leading surgeon who worked in Al-Shifa and Al-Ahli hospitals for nearly two months to give testimony of potential war crimes.
War crimes in the Gaza War (2008–2009) Accusations of violations regarding international humanitarian law, which governs the actions by belligerents during an armed conflict, have been directed at both Israel and Hamas for their actions during the 2008–2009 Gaza War.
The International Criminal Court is seeking the arrest warrants on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.
This article is about genocide allegations made throughout the entire Israeli–Palestinian conflict. For the allegations pertaining only to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, see Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza. For the International Court of Justice proceeding, see South Africa's genocide case against Israel.
Estimated casualties of World War II and its aftermath. Public execution of Polish civilians in German-occupied territory, 1942. Around six million Polish citizens died between 1939 and 1945; an estimated 4,900,000 to 5,700,000 were murdered by German forces and 150,000 to one million by Soviet forces.