Wilhelm keitel biography for kids

Wilhelm Keitel (September 22, - October 16, ) was a senior German military leader during World War II.

He was born in Helmscherode, Germany, the son of the landowner Carl Keitel.

He was a career soldier, after education in Goettingen he became a Fahnenjunker (Cadet Officer) and joined a artillery regiment. He married in

During World War I he served on the Western front, becoming a member of the General Staff[?] in He was seriously wounded in in Flanders but recovered to join the post-war Freikorps and then returned to the army.

He was an instructor for some years before assuming the command of an artillery regiment.

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In he joined the Organizations Department.

He was appointed to the Reichswehrministerium (Reich Ministry of War) in , a post he retained after the Nazi seizure of power (), as head of the Wehrmachtamt.

In he was made a general and in after the Blomberg Affair[?] and the replacement of the Reichswehrministerium with the Oberkommando der