Much has been written about World War II.  Up to 60 million died, Germany and Japan lost, and their leading military and civilian leaders were brought to trial for war crimes. The United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union and France, in London during the summer of 1945, agreed to what was called the Nuremberg Charter. There was a similar Tokyo Charter, a decree by Allied Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur, on instructions from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Eleven nations were involved. The Viking Tir is today in Nuremberg.  Why was Nuremberg chosen for the trials? International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Nuremberg was the symbolic location as the  site of Nazi rallies.  In 1933, 1927, 1929 and annually from 1933-1938, propaganda speeches were made in these rallies usually held in late August or September, lasting several dasy to a week, drawing hundreds of thousands of Party members, spectators and foreign journalists. See Leni Riefenstahl's  Triu...