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The success of Rundstedt's efforts was shown in October 1946, when the IMT handed down its verdicts.

Keitel and Jodl were to hang, but the Army high command as a whole was acquitted.

The verdict read: " According to the indictment, this group consists of about 130 officers who held certain positions in the military hierarchy between 1938 and 1945 ...

The Tribunal does not find that they were an organisation ...

They were only an aggregation of those who happened to hold high rank in a certain period ...

These men have, however, been a disgrace to the profession of arms, and they have made a mockery of obedience to orders.

They were a ruthless military caste, and were guilty of crimes should be brought to trial as individuals.

" Thus the possibility was left open that Rundstedt could still face individual prosecution for his actions.