High-ranking "Wehrmacht" officers stood trial for war crimes. The "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" (OKW) commander-in-chief, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, and chief of operations staff Alfred Jodl were both indicted and tried for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg through 1945–1946. They were convicted of all charges, sentenced to death and executed by hanging, although Jodl was acquitted post-mortem seven years later. While the tribunal declared that the "Gestapo", "SD" and "SS" (including the "Waffen-SS") were inherently criminal organizations, the court did not reach the same conclusion with the "Wehrmacht" General Staff and High Command.