ＢＣ級戦犯びーしーきゅうせんぱん

noun

class-B and class-C war criminals

Historical term for lower-ranked war criminals tried after World War II, as distinct from Class-A (crimes against peace).

• ＢＣ級戦犯びーしーきゅうせんぱんとして裁さばかれた人ひと々びとの中なかには、命めい令れいに従したがっただけの兵へい士しもいた。

  Among those tried as class-B and class-C war criminals were soldiers who had merely followed orders.