Through its purposes and activities and the means it used, it participated in and is responsible for the commission of the crimes set forth in Counts One, Two, Three and Four of the Indictment.
GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES
The “General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces” referred to in the Indictment consist of those individuals who between February 1938 and May 1945 were the highest commanders 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 Seekriegsleitung (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 Generalstabes 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)