A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice.
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. - Wilhelm Keitel
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.
- Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should have remained alive to bear his sh… - Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should have remained alive to bear his sh…
No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed. ... He was a great psychologist. - Wilhelm Keitel
No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed. ... He was a great psychologist.
Death by hanging. That, at least, I thought I would be spared. - Wilhelm Keitel
Death by hanging. That, at least, I thought I would be spared.
I am a soldier and I worked for the kaiser, under Ebert, Hindenburg, and Hitler, all the same way, for the past 44 years. - Wilhelm Keitel
I am a soldier and I worked for the kaiser, under Ebert, Hindenburg, and Hitler, all the same way, for the past 44 years.
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 le… - Wilhelm Keitel
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 le…
Hitler had charm, loved children, charmed women. But in political respects he would stop at nothing. In other respects he had soft and touching emoti… - Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler had charm, loved children, charmed women. But in political respects he would stop at nothing. In other respects he had soft and touching emoti…
It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obe… - Wilhelm Keitel
It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obe…
Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal? Was that all that difficult? … - Wilhelm Keitel
Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal? Was that all that difficult? …
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