The Dachau Trials were held for all war criminals caught in the United States zones in occupied Germany and Austria, as well as for those individuals accused of committing war crimes against American citizens and its military personnel. The trials, which were held within the walls of the former Dachau concentration camp, were conducted entirely by American Military personnel whose legal authority had been conferred by the Judge Advocate General's Department within the U.S. Third Army.
The Dachau Military Tribunal's chief prosecutor was 32 year-old William Denson, a US Army lawyer. The chief defence counsel was Lieutenant Colonel Douglas T. Bates Jr., an artillery officer and lawyer from Centerville, Tennessee.
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