Quote Originally Posted by Timon View Post
Hi. Why is "a" article there but not "the" or "zero" article?
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the main victorious Allied forces...
Yeah, the "a" is certainly a blast... I think you can't use the "zero" article because that would make the "series" look plural, whilst here it means a (=ONE) sequence. To be honest, I see nothing stopping you from using "the", but I'm not a native English speaker, so I'm not too sure about that.