Wilhelm Keitel

Actor

Born: Helmscherode, Germany

BIOGRAPHY

Wilhelm Keitel (22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal who served as chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW) for most of World War II. According to David Stahel, among the generalship Keitel was well known and [...] reviled as Hitlers dependable mouthpiece and habitual yes-man.Following the war, Keitel was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. He was found guilty, sentenced to death and executed in 1946. He was the third highest-ranking German officer to be tried at Nuremberg.

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