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. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue.
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.
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? …
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…
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…
This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans is not waged with th… - Wilhelm Keitel
This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans is not waged with th…
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