In pursuance of the agreement signed on the 8th day of august 1945 by the government of the united states of america, the provisional government of the french republic, the government of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, and the government of the union of soviet socialist republics, there shall be established an international military tribunal (hereinafter called "the tribunal") for the just and prompt trial and punishment of the major war criminals of the european axis. –charter of the international military tribunal, 1945 according to the passage, what was the purpose of this charter? to identify war criminals from the allied nations to declare the plan to punish those who had committed war crimes to announce a peace agreement at the end of world war ii to detail the kinds of war crimes committed during world war ii