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Wilhelm Keitel
History of Germany
1882
Birth
22nd Sep Helscherode
Birth
of
Wilhelm
Keitel
1915
Captain
Appointed
Captain
in the
General
Staff
1918
Oberst
Appointed
Oberst
1933
Commander
Potsdam
Appointed
Commander
for
Military
District
III in
Potsdam
1934
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Appointed Major-General
1935
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Appointed Chief-of-Staff
1935
Head Wehrmacht Office Keitel
Appointed Head of the
Wehrmacht
Office
1936
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General
1938
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4th Feb
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Wehrmacht
1938
Invasion of Czech
Believes
German
y is not strong enough to break through the
Czech
fortifications
1940
Armistice
22nd June
Signs the
Armistice
Treaty
with
France
after disctating its terms
1940
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Appointed
Field
Marshal
1940
Operation Sea Lion
1st Aug
Signs jointly with
Hitler
the directive for authorizing
Operation
Sea Lion
1941
Invasion of Russia
3rd Feb
Hitler
orders
Keitel
to make it appear as if
German
y is invading
Britain
1941
Jurisdiction Order
13th May
Signs an order defending
German
troops from any crimes against the
Russia
n population
1942
Atlantic Wall
Aug Atlantic Wall
Hitler
orders
Keitel
to build defences in nth west
France
with "fanatical energy"
1944
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Member
of the "court of honour" sentencing officers to death
1945
Nuremberg War Trials
Nuremburg
Head of Oberkommando der
Wehrmacht
(OKW), sentenced to death
1945
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9th May
Signs act of military surrender to the Allies
1946
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16th Oct Nuremberg Germa
Death
of
Wilhelm
Heitel, executed for war crimes
1946
Execution of Keitel
16th Oct Nuremberg Germa
Executed for planning a war of aggression, war crimes & crimes against humanity
1946
Trial
16th Oct Nuremberg Germa
Found guilty of war crimes & crimes against humanity & hanged
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