Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal (1882–1946)
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Wehrmacht's highest-ranking military officer throughout WWII, Keitel signed orders that facilitated widespread war crimes. His name became inseparable from Nazi command structure and the machinery of atrocity.
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Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel was a German field marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War II. He signed a number of criminal orders and directives that led to numerous war crimes.
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