Marechal de campo alemão durante a Segunda Grande Guerra, chefe do comando supremo após 1938 e conselheiro militar de Hitler. German Field Marshal, during the Second World War, head of the supreme command after 1938 and military advisor of Hitler.Ditou os termos do armistício com a França (1940) e foi membro do tribunal que julgou muitos dos oficiais que foram condenados à morte pelo papel que desempenharam na conspiração de Julho (1944). Ditou the terms of the armistice with France (1940) and was a member of the court which dismissed many of the officers who were sentenced to death for the role they played in the conspiracy July (1944).Assinou a rendição incondicional da Alemanha, em Berlim, a 8 de Maio de 1945. Signed the unconditional surrender of Germany in Berlin, May 8, 1945.Julgado em Nuremberga por crimes de guerra, foi enforcado. Justice at Nuremberg for war crimes, was hanged.
: Wilhelm Keitel : German Marshal Wilhelm Keitel at Russian Headquarters in Berlin signing the surrender document which declared that the hostilities would end next day.