Wilhelm Keitel

(1882-1946)

German field marshal and war criminal

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Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal and war criminal during the Nazi era who served as Chief of the Armed Forces High Command – the office given to the commander and highest-ranking officer of the Nazi Germany Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, OKW) during World War II. In this capacity, Keitel signed a number of criminal orders and directives that led to a war of unprecedented brutality and criminality.

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Born	Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel 22 September 1882 Helmscherode, Bad Gandersheim, Germany
Died	16 October 1946 (aged 64) Nuremberg, Germany
Zodiac	Virgo
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Karl-Heinz Keitel · Son · 1914- · German military edit info

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Bodewin Keitel · Brother · 1888-1953 · German military edit info

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Adolf Hitler · Associate · 1889-1945 · dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II and leader of the Holocaust edit info

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Alfred Jodl · Associate · 1890-1946 · German general and convicted war criminal edit info

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Dwight D. Eisenhower · Associate · 1890-1969 · president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 edit info

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Karl Dönitz · Associate · 1891-1980 · German Navy Officer, Admiral and supreme commander of the German Navy, head of state and Chief German Wehrmacht Military and convicted Nazi war criminal edit info

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Hermann Göring · Associate · 1893-1946 · German military edit info

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