The Leipzig War Crimes Trials held in 1921 to punish German soldiers for war crimes was a failure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_War_Crimes_Trials
The Treaty of the Versailles stipulated the Allies had the legal right and authority to try German soldiers for war crimes but extraditing the offenders and especially the Kaiser (fled to neutral Netherlands) couldn't be done.
So let's look at a few things:
1. What if German soldiers get tried and convicted of war crimes? What effects would their convictions and possible executions have on WW2 and the Holocaust? Are they butterflied away or become more intense?
2. Let's say the Kaiser is convicted of crimes and is executed (hanging, firing squad, the electric chair, etc) - what would be the short-term and long-term effects, especially on WW2?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_War_Crimes_Trials
The Treaty of the Versailles stipulated the Allies had the legal right and authority to try German soldiers for war crimes but extraditing the offenders and especially the Kaiser (fled to neutral Netherlands) couldn't be done.
So let's look at a few things:
1. What if German soldiers get tried and convicted of war crimes? What effects would their convictions and possible executions have on WW2 and the Holocaust? Are they butterflied away or become more intense?
2. Let's say the Kaiser is convicted of crimes and is executed (hanging, firing squad, the electric chair, etc) - what would be the short-term and long-term effects, especially on WW2?