What is Wilhelm Keitel?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1998-0112-500, Wilhelm Keitel.jpg|thumb|455x455px|[[Nazi]] General Wilhelm Keitel in c.1939 or 1940 during [[WW2]].]] '''Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel''' (born 22 September 1882 in [[Helmscherode]], [[Brunswick|Duchy Of Brunswick]], [[Imperial Germany|Germany]] – died 16 October 1946 in [[Nuremberg]], [[Bavaria]], [[Allied-occupied Germany|Germany]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[field marshal]], a [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] and the [[chief]] of the [[Wehrmacht]] between 1938 and 1945. He was one of the 24 accused of the [[Nuremberg Trials]] and [[hanging|hanged]] in 1946. == Life == === Early life and career === Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel was born on 22 September 1882 in [[Helmscherode]] in the [[Brunswick|Duchy Of Brunswick]] (today [[Lower Saxony]]). He joined the [[Imperial German Army]] in 1901, aged 19 . During [[World War I]], Keitel served as a infantry soldier in the [[Imperial German Army|Military]] on the [[Western Front]] and took part in the fighting in [[Flanders]], where he was [[wound]]ed a lot. === During Nazi era === From 1919 to 1933, under [[Weimar Republic]], Keitel was part of the [[Reichswehr|Reichswehr German Army]] as a Junior Army Officer In 1934, he was promoted to the Senior army officer rank of [[Generalfeldmarschall]] (field marshal or General) and [[appointed chief]] of the Reich Ministry of War's Armed Forces Office ({{lang|de|Wehrmachtsamt}}). In 1938, he became the [[chief]] of the [[Wehrmacht]] between 1938 and 1945. Keitel was a [[Nazi]], and he was one of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s most [[loyal]] followers. As the chief of the [[Wehrmacht]], he was responsible for many [[war crimes]], such as sending millions of [[Jews]] to [[extermination camp]]s during the [[Holocaust]] and ordered Senior Officers and junior officers of the [[German Army]] in the [[Wehrmacht|German Military]] to shoot wounded soldiers and execute POWS and [[Civilian|civilians]] all over [[Europe]] during [[World War 2]] from 1939-1945 . == Death == During the [[Nurembe