Wilhelm Keitel Quotes

Wilhelm Keitel — German Celebrity born on September 22, 1882, died on October 16, 1946

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel was a German field marshal who served as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht for most of World War II, making him the Chief of Defense for Germany. At the Allied court at Nuremberg, he was tried, sentenced to death, and hanged as a war criminal. He was the third highest-ranking German officer to be tried at Nuremberg... (wikipedia)

If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.

Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front.

This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention.

If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague.

The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success.

Wilhelm Keitel Quotes

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