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Wilhelm Keitel
Keitel in 1942
Chief of the Wehrmacht High Command
In office
4 February 1938 – 8 May 1945
Preceded byWerner von Blomberg
(as Reich Minister of War)
Succeeded byAlfred Jodl
Chief of the Armed Forces Office
In office
1 October 1935 – 4 February 1938
Preceded byWalter von Reichenau
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel

(1882-09-22)22 September 1882
Helmscherode, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire
Died16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 64)
Nuremberg Prison, Nuremberg, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Spouse
Lisa Fontaine
(m. 1909)
RelativesBodewin Keitel (brother)
SignatureWilhelm Keitel
Nickname"Lakeitel"
Military service
AllegianceWilhelm Keitel German Empire
Wilhelm Keitel Weimar Republic
Wilhelm Keitel Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceWilhelm Keitel Imperial German Army
Wilhelm Keitel Reichsheer
Wilhelm Keitel German Army
Years of service1901–1945
RankGeneralfeldmarschall
CommandsOberkommando der Wehrmacht
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Criminal conviction
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)Conspiracy to commit crimes against peace
Crimes of aggression
War crimes
Crimes against humanity
TrialNuremberg trials
Criminal penaltyDeath

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 numerous war crimes.

Keitel's rise to the Wehrmacht high command began with his appointment as the head of the Armed Forces Office at the Reich Ministry of War in 1935. Having taken command of the Wehrmacht in 1938, Adolf Hitler replaced the ministry with the OKW and Keitel became its chief. He was reviled among his military colleagues as Hitler's habitual "yes-man".

After the war, Keitel was indicted by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg as one of the "major war criminals". He was found guilty on all counts of the indictment: crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, criminal conspiracy, and war crimes. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging in 1946.[1]

  1. ^ "The Execution of Nazi War Criminals". famous-trials.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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