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> [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 the most brutal means, we will shortly reach the point where the available forces are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/this-fight-has-nothing-to-do-with-soldierly-gallantry-or-principles/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

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> [This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/this-war-no-longer-has-anything-to-do-with-knightly-conduct-or-with/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

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## Other authors on Geneva

## More by Wilhelm Keitel

> [It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for purposes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/it-is-tragic-to-have-to-realize-that-the-best-i-had-to-give-as-a/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

> [Death by hanging. That, at least, I thought I would be spared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/death-by-hanging-that-at-least-i-thought-i-would-be-spared/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

> [I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/i-call-on-god-almighty-to-have-mercy-on-the-german-people-more-than/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/i-am-a-soldier-and-i-worked-for-the-kaiser-under-ebert-hindenburg-and/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

> [Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/consideration-of-any-kind-are-a-crime-against-the-german-people-and/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/why-did-the-generals-who-have-been-so-ready-to-term-me-a-complaisant/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/hitler-gave-us-orders-and-we-believed-in-him-then-he-commits-suicide/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

> [I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/i-believe-german-soldiers-are-good-and-decent-and-if-they-did/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

> [If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/if-this-war-is-not-fought-with-the-greatest-brutality-against-the/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/hitler-had-charm-loved-children-charmed-women-but-in-political/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/no-matter-what-hitler-said-he-spoke-with-a-fine-feeling-for-the/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/if-i-had-known-it-i-would-have-told-my-son-i-d-rather-shoot-you-than/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

> [A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/a-field-marshal-who-issued-orders-to-the-armed-forces-but-had-no-idea/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/this-fight-has-nothing-to-do-with-soldierly-gallantry-or-principles/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/the-troops-are-therefore-empowered-and-are-in-duty-bound-in-this-war/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

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