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… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share Image
It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for purposes… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death for the… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front. — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
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… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should have… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity. — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
Hitler had charm, loved children, charmed women. But in political respects he would stop at nothing. In other respects he had soft and touching… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice. — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans is not waged… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share
