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Wilhelm Keitel

German field marshal (1882–1946)

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Wilhelm Keitel was a German military leader who served as a field marshal during World War II and held significant command positions in Nazi Germany's armed forces. He is historically important because of his prominent role in the German military leadership during the war and his subsequent trial and execution for war crimes after the conflict ended.

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Born: 1882-09-22
Died: 1946-10-16

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Country: DE
Active from: 1951-02-02

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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. 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".