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Dec 11, 2023 · Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel ( September 22, 1882 – October 16, 1946) was a German field marshal and war criminal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's Armed Forces, during the Second World War. In that capacity, Keitel signed a number of criminal orders and directives ...
The traditionally conservative Prussian officer Wilhelm Keitel would practice the same unquestioning obedience towards Adolf Hitler - the supreme authority of Nazi Germany's fuehrer state. Keitel rises rapidly through the ranks owing to his "outstanding talent for organizational and tactical duties," but "lacks any inner sovereignty of character."
Reference entries. (1882–1946)German field-marshal who served as supreme commander of Hitler's armed forces throughout World War II.From a middle-class landowning family, Keitel served in the artillery and as a staff officer during World War I. After the war he found his true métier as a punctilious and conscientious administrator and in ...
Wilhelm Keitel revealed an invasion plan for Britain that featured four separate main landing sites. 18 Mar 1941. Adolf Hitler met with Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, and Erich Raeder; Raeder urged Hitler to convince Japan to attack Singapore and recommended Hitler to reveal the plans of the Soviet invasion to Japan.
Apr 23, 2014 · Wilhelm Keitel had been general field marshal, second only to Adolf Hitler in Germany’s military hierarchy. Now, on a cold, rainy October morning, at 1:00 a.m. in 1946, he stood shackled to a guard outside cell 8 of Nuremberg’s Palace of Justice. In half an hour, Keitel would be hanging by his neck from a
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (* 22. september 1882, Helmschrode – † 16. október 1946, Norimberg) bol nemecký poľný maršal. Od roku 1939 náčelník nemeckého vrchného veliteľstva brannej moci ( Oberkomando der Wehrmacht OKW ), jeden z najvýznamnejších organizátorov nemeckej vojnovej mašinérie počas 2. svetovej vojny .
Wilhelm Keitel. Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel ( 22. syyskuuta 1882 Hannover, Saksan keisarikunta – 16. lokakuuta 1946 Nürnberg, miehitetty Saksa) oli saksalainen sotamarsalkka ja OKW:n ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) komentaja toisessa maailmansodassa . Keitel värväytyi armeijaan 1902 ja hänet ylennettiin vänrikiksi.
