THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL KEITEL ... When the gallows trap was sprung on Oct. 16, 1946, and Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel dropped to his death, it is doubtful that he had any regrets.

Chancellor Adolf Hitler tonight assumed personal command of all Germany’s armed forces, named his chief aide, Hermann Wilhelm Goering, a field marshal ... General Keitel, up to now Chief ...