Search results
People also ask
Who is Wilhelm Keitel?
How did Keitel become a commander of the Wehrmacht?
What role did Keitel play in World War 1?
Why was Keitel hanged?
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 ...
Wilhelm Keitel. 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 ...
- "Lakeitel"
- Generalfeldmarschall
- 1901–1945
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. One of Adolf Hitler ’s most loyal and trusted lieutenants, he became chief of the Führer’s personal military staff and helped ...
May 14, 2024 · Defendant Wilhelm Keitel talks with his defense in the free period after noon lunch. Wilhelm Keitel was a German Field Marshal, head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) and de facto war minister. At the Allied court at Nuremberg he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a major war criminal October 16, 1946.
