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Thursday, May 8, 2014

LACKEITEL: FIELD MARSHAL WILHELM KEITEL (22 SEPTEMBER 1882 TO 16 OCTOBER 1946)



On this date, 8 May 1945, Dönitz authorised Keitel to sign an unconditional surrender in Berlin. Although Germany had surrendered to the Allies a day earlier, Stalin had insisted on a second surrender ceremony in Berlin.

I will post information about this Field Marshal AKA Lackeitel, Wilhelm Keitel from Wikipedia and other links.


Wilhelm Keitel

Birth name
Wilhelm Bodewin Gustav Keitel
Nickname(s)
"Lakeitel"
Born
22 September 1882
Helmscherode, Brunswick, German Empire
Died
16 October 1946 (aged 64)
Nuremberg, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch
Years of service
1901–1945
Rank
Commands held
OKW
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 (in black)
Golden Party Badge
Relations
Bodewin Keitel (brother)

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal, chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces), and also served as Minister of War. At the Allied court at Nuremberg he was tried, sentenced to death, and hanged as a war criminal. He was the highest-ranking German officer to be tried at Nuremberg.

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