LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO AGGRESSION AGAINST BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS AND LUXEMBOURG
| Document | Description | Vol. | Page |
| Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Article 6 (a). | I | 5 | |
| International Military Tribunal, Indictment Number 1, Sections IV (F) 5; V. | I | 27, 29 | |
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| Note: A single asterisk (*) before a document indicates that the document was received in evidence at the Nurnberg trial. A double asterisk (**) before a document number indicates that the document was referred to during the trial but was not formally received in evidence, for the reason given in parentheses following the description of the document. The USA series number, given in parentheses following the description of the document, is the official exhibit number assigned by the court. | |||
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| *375-PS | Case Green with wider implications, report of Intelligence Division, Luftwaffe General Staff, 25 August 1938. (USA 84) | III | 280 |
| *440-PS | Directive No. 8 signed by Keitel, 20 November 1939, for the conduct of the war. (GB 107) | III | 397 |
| *798-PS | Hitler’s speech to Commanders-in-Chief, at Obersalzberg, 22 August 1939. (USA 29) | III | 581 |
| *1809-PS | Entries from Jodl’s diary, February 1940 to May 1940. (GB 88) | IV | 377 |
| *2329-PS | Order by Commander in Chief of the Army, 7 October 1939. (GB 105) | IV | 1037 |
| *3054-PS | “The Nazi Plan”, script of a motion picture composed of captured German film. (USA 167) | V | 801 |
| *C-10 | OKW directive, 28 November 1939, signed by Keitel, subject: Employment of 7th Flieger Division. (GB 108) | VI | 817 |
| *C-62 | Directive No. 6 on the conduct of war, signed by Hitler, 9 October 1939; directive by Keitel, 15 October 1939 on Fall “Gelb”. (GB 106) | VI | 880 |
| *C-72 | Orders postponing “A” day in the West, November 1939 to May 1940. (GB 109) | VI | 893 |
| *L-52 | Memorandum and Directives for conduct of war in the West, 9 October 1939. (USA 540) | VII | 800 |
| *L-79 | Minutes of conference, 23 May 1939, “Indoctrination on the political situation and future aims”. (USA 27) | VII | 847 |
| *TC-3 | Hague Convention (3) Relative to opening of Hostilities. (GB 2) | VIII | 279 |
| *TC-4 | Hague Convention (5) Respecting Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in War on Land. (GB 2) | VIII | 282 |
| *TC-13 | Arbitration Convention between Germany and Belgium at Locarno, 16 October 1925. (GB 15) | VIII | 320 |
| *TC-16 | Convention of Arbitration and conciliation between Germany and the Netherlands, signed at The Hague, 20 May 1926. (GB 97) | VIII | 337 |
| *TC-19 | Kellogg-Briand Pact at Paris. 1929 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part II, No. 9, pp. 97-101. (GB 18) | VIII | 359 |
| *TC-20 | Treaty of Arbitration and Conciliation between Germany and Luxembourg, signed at Geneva, 11 September 1929. (GB 98) | VIII | 362 |
| *TC-30 | German assurance to Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands, 28 April 1939, from Documents of German Politics, Part VII, I, pp. 139, 172-175. (GB 78) | VIII | 379 |
| *TC-32 | German assurance to Norway, 6 October 1939, from Documents of German Politics, Vol. VII, p. 350. (GB 80) | VIII | 381 |
| *TC-33 | German assurance to Belgium and the Netherlands, 30 January 1937, from Documents of German Politics, Part IV, pp. 42-43. (GB 99) | VIII | 381 |
| *TC-34 | German Declaration to the Belgian Minister of 13 October 1937. (GB 100) | VIII | 381 |
| *TC-36 | Declaration made by Ambassador of Germany on 26 August 1939. (GB 102) | VIII | 382 |
| TC-37 | German assurance to Belgium, 6 October 1939, from Documents of German Politics, Vol. VII, p. 351. | VIII | 383 |
| *TC-40 | Declaration of German Minister to the Netherlands, 26 August 1939. (GB 103) | VIII | 383 |
| TC-41 | German assurance to the Netherlands, 6 October 1939, from Documents of German Politics, Vol. VII, p. 351. | VIII | 384 |
| *TC-42 | German assurance to Luxembourg, 26 August 1939. (GB 104) | VIII | 384 |
| *TC-42-A | German assurance to Luxembourg, 28 April 1939. (GB 101) | VIII | 385 |
| *TC-57 | German ultimatum to Belgium and the Netherlands, 9 May 1940, from Documents of German Politics, Part VIII, pp. 142-150. (GB 112) | VIII | 416 |
| *TC-58 | “Belgium, the official account of what happened 1939-1940”. (GB 111) | VIII | 421 |
| *TC-58-A | Secret instruction to the Commander of 2nd Luftflotte found in German Aeroplane of 10 January 1940. (GB 110) | VIII | 423 |
| *TC-59 | Protest from Belgium, 10 May 1940, following German aggression. (GB 111) | VIII | 429 |
| *TC-60 | German memorandum to Luxembourg, 9 May 1940, from Documents of German Politics, Part VIII, pp. 150-151. (GB 113) | VIII | 431 |
| Affidavit H | Affidavit of Franz Halder, 22 November 1945. | VIII | 643 |
| **Chart No. 12 | German Aggression. (Enlargement displayed to Tribunal.) | VIII | 781 |
| **Chart No. 13 | Violations of Treaties, Agreements and Assurances. (Enlargement displayed to Tribunal.) | VIII | 782 |
11. AGGRESSION AGAINST GREECE AND YUGOSLAVIA
A. Treaties and Assurances Breached.
The invasions of Greece and of Yugoslavia by the Germans, which took place in the early hours of the morning of 6 April 1941, constituted direct breaches of The Hague Convention of 1899 on the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, and of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. In the case of Yugoslavia, the invasion further constituted a breach of an express assurance by the Nazis. The assurance was originally given in a German Foreign Office release made in Berlin on 28 April 1938 (2719-PS), but was subsequently repeated by Hitler himself on 6 October 1939 in a speech he made in the Reichstag. The German Foreign Office release on 28 April 1938 reads, in part:
“Berlin, 28 April 1938. The State Secretary of the German Foreign Office to the German Diplomatic Representatives.
“As a consequence of the reunion of Austria with the Reich, we have now new frontiers with Italy, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Hungary. These frontiers are regarded by us as final and inviolable. On this point the following special declarations have been made:”
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“3. Yugoslavia.