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Karl-Heinz Keitel (2 January 1914 - 2 December 1968) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. Karl-Heinz Keitel was born on 2 January 1914,[1] in Wolfenbüttel, the eldest son of Wilhelm Keitel who would rise to become Chief of the OKW, the German Military High Command...
Oct 1, 2002 · by USAF1986 » 01 Oct 2002, 02:40. The Keitel family: Family: Wilhelm Keitel married Lisa Fontaine in April 1909 – three sons (Karl-Heinz, Ernst-Wilhelm, Hans-Georg) and three daughters, one of whom died early from an incurable disease (Nona and Erika).
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel served as commander of all German armed forces during World War II. He was fully subservient to Hitler and allowed the latter to control all military strategy. In addition, he signed a series of criminal orders.
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Oct 13, 2018 · His daughter died in 1942 from a pulmonary infection. Another son, Major Ernst Wilhelm was reported missing at the Eastern front in 1943 and it was assumed he had been killed. His eldest son, Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS, Karl Heinz, was wounded in December 1944 and was made a prisoner-of-war at the end of the war by the Russians.
Although the personal relationship between Keitel and General von Blomberg was somewhat distant, Keitel’s son, Karl Heinz and Blomberg’s daughter, Dorle, became engaged at the beginning of 1938. Blomberg’s nearly simultaneous disgrace and fall from power as a result of an unfortunate marriage was a cause of embarrassment for Keitel but ...
Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946) was Chief of Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command. Keitel was responsible for crimes committed by the armed forces while waging war and authorized the support and participation of German troops in these crimes, including the murder of the European Jews.
Mar 19, 2024 · Wilhelm Keitel (born September 22, 1882, Helmscherode [now in Bad Gandersheim], Germany—died October 16, 1946, Nürnberg) was a field marshal and head of the German Armed Forces High Command during World War II.
