Might have looked a bit too ironic specifically going after Goering for terror bombing when the Allies themselves terror bombed 10x more. 1st thing his defense would have done would be to call Harris & Lemay to remind everyone exactly what they did to the civilian populations of Germany & Japan.
They backed down from charging Doenitz for terror on the high seas precisely because we were even more ruthless against the Japanese using unrestricted submarine warfare - And they in fact called on Nimitz to testify about this before the case was dropped. In any case, Goering had many responsible positions where he formulated policy and gave actual orders, unlike Goebbels.
Mussolini was tortured & murdered by communist partisans, I don't think any responsible Allied policy maker or statesman [Russians excluded] would have held that up as a role model for victors justice. I am trying to get at exactly what Goebbels did that was a war crime, obviously one doesn't need to look too hard for general Nazi atrocities.
