Keitel, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- September 22nd, 1882 (Helmscherode/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 16th, 1946 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
1902 Leutnant im Nds.Feld.Art.Rgt.46
1929 Chef Org.-Abt.im Tr.Amt
1934 Generalmajor
1935 Chef Wehrmachtsamt
1937 General d.Art.
1938 Chef OKW
1940 GFM
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst
- Unit:
- Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1939
Awarded the Knight’s Cross for his good staff work during the Polish campaign.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- The wehrmacht at war 1939-1945 the units and commanders, Andris J. Kursietis ISBN 907532338-7
- Romanian Armed Forces in the Second World War
- Wikipedia
- Daten-Buch
- TITLE
- ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de