Australia’s War Crimes Trials 1945-51

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

List of Maps and Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Maps

PART I: Trial Context, Issues and Perspectives

Trial Context

1: The Australian War Crimes Trials, 1945–51

2: The Emperor’s Army: Military Operations and Ideology in the War against Australia

Legal Issues

3: Jurisdiction of the Australian Military Courts 1945–51

4: The Australian Military Courts under the War Crimes Act 1945— Structure and Approach

5: Command Responsibility and Other Grounds of Criminal Responsibility

6: Obedience to Superior Orders and Related Defences

7: The Prosecution of Crimes against Civilians

Historical Perspectives

8: Crimes against Captured Airmen

9: Crimes against Asians in Command Responsibility Trials

10: Cannibalism and the War Crimes Trials

11: Death Sentences, Japanese War Criminals and the Australian Military

Part II: Trial Locations

12: The Trials on Morotai

13: The Trials at Wewak

14: The Trials on Labuan

15: The Trials in Darwin

16: The Trials in Rabaul

17: The Trials in Singapore

18: The Trials in Hong Kong

19: Last Trials: Manus Island

PART III: Post-Trial Reflections

20: The Australian War Criminals Compounds at Rabaul and on Manus Island, 1945–53

21: Changing Direction: Repatriation of Japanese War Criminals in Australian Custody

22: The ‘Post-War’ of the BC-Class War Criminals: How Did War Criminals React to the Australian Trials?

23: Were the Australian Trials Fair?

Appendix I: War Crimes Act 1945 (Cth)

Appendix II: Regulations for the Trial of War Criminals 1945 (Cth)

Appendix III: Board of Inquiry List of War Crimes

Appendix IV: Trials List with National Archives of Australia Series and Item Number

Indices