The High Command Trial (officially, The United States of America vs. Wilhelm von Leeb, et al.), also known initially as Case No.

Johannes Blaskowitz committed suicide during the trial and the 11 remaining defendants received prison sentences ranging from three years to lifetime imprisonment.

Many denied the facts found by the U.S. judges, extolled the defense of obedience to superior orders and praised the soldierly qualities of the defendants.

[14] After the emergence of the Federal Republic, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the Bundestag weighed in on the side of the defendants.

After further proceedings by mixed commissions composed of Allied and German members, the last of the High Command defendants returned home in 1954.