Wilhelm Keitel

Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel
Birth name	Wilhelm Bodewin Gustav Keitel
Elk-name	"Lakeitel"
Born	22 September 1882(1882-09-22) Helmscherode, Brunswick, German Empire
Dee'd	16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 64) Nuremberg, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (tae 1918) Weimar Republic (tae 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Wehrmacht
Years o service	1901–1945
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held	OKW
Battles/wars	Warld War I Warld War II
Awairds	Knight's Cross o the Airn Cross Wound Badge o 20 Julie 1944 (in black) Gowden Pairty Badge
Relations	Bodewin Keitel (brither)

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) wis a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall). As heid o the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command o the Airmed Forces) an de facto war meenister unner Adolf Hitler, he wis ane o Germany's maist senior militar leaders during Warld War II. At the Allied court at Nuremberg he wis tried, sentenced tae daith an hanged as a war criminal. He wis the seicont heichest-rankin German sauldier tae be tried at Nuremberg efter Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring.