Wilhelm Keitel - Wikipedia
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈkaɪtl̩]; 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.
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2024年11月22日 · Wilhelm Keitel, 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 Fuhrer’s personal military staff and helped direct most of the Third Reich’s World War II campaigns.
Wilhelm Keitel: Biography | Holocaust Encyclopedia
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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Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (born 22 September 1882 in Helmscherode, Duchy Of Brunswick, Germany – died 16 October 1946 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany) was a German field marshal, a Nazi war criminal and the chief of the Wehrmacht between 1938 and 1945.
Wilhelm 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 .
Wilhelm Keitel - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月11日 · German Field Marshal General Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946), Adolf Hitler's senior military advisor during World War II, was the individual who personally conducted the armistice agreement with the French.
Wilhelm Keitel - Europe Remembers
During the Second World War Keitel was involved in all aspects of military planning and proved unswervingly loyal to Hitler. In June 1940 he signed the armistice with France and shortly thereafter was promoted to the rank of field marshal.
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After Germany successfully invaded Poland and Western Europe in 1939-1940, Hitler promoted Keitel to the rank of field-marshal in 1940. Keitel advised Hitler against ’Operation Barbarossa’, the German invasion of the USSR in 1941.
Wilhelm Keitel - Europe Remembers
Wilhelm Keitel served as chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht from 1938 to 1945. He loyally supported Hitler’s policies and shared responsibility for the war of annihilation in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
The World at War - Keitel
In July 1940, soon after his promotion to Field Marshal, Keitel was alarmed to learn that Hitler was planning a campaign against Russia. He did not object on moral grounds but rather on the fact that the Army would not be ready for such a trying campaign before 1942.