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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wilhelm_KeitelWilhelm Keitel - Wikipedia

    Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel ( German pronunciation: [ˈkaɪ̯tl̩]; 22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War II. He signed a number of criminal orders and directives that led to ...

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  2. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › en › articleWilhelm Keitel | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    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. Keitel was found guilty on all four counts (conspiracy ...

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  4. www.historyonthenet.com › wilhelm-keitel-theWilhelm Keitel: The Enigmatic Figure in Nazi Germany's ...

    Wilhelm Keitel is a name that resonates with the dark history of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a prominent military officer and a central figure in Adolf Hitler’s inner circle. Wilhelm Keitel was born on September 22, 1882, in the small village of Helmscherode, Germany. He hailed from a modest background, but his military ambitions ...

  5. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › wilhelm-keitel-biographyWilhelm Keitel: Biography | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Wilhelm Keitel was born near Bad Gandersheim in what is today the state of Lower Saxony, Germany, on September 22, 1882. In 1901, he joined the Prussian army as an artillery officer. During World War I, Keitel served on the western front as a battery commander and then staff officer.

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  7. religionandpolitics.org › 2014/04/23 › mission-atMission at Nuremberg: An Army Chaplain and the Trial of the ...

    Apr 23, 2014 · W ilhelm 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 rope, his hands tied behind his ...

  8. historylearning.com › wilhelm-keitelWilhelm Keitel - History Learning

    Wilhelm Keitel. Wilhelm Keitel was given the death sentence at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in World War Two. He was a senior Nazi general who enjoyed Adolf Hitler’s favour. Born in 1882, Keitel signed up with the army in 1901 as a Cadet Officer. At the start of World War One, Keitel served in the 46th Artillery Regiment.

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  10. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel - Oxford Reference

    Quick Reference. (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 ...

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