Keitele is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savoniaregion. The municipality has a population of 2,831 (2003) and covers an area of 577.85 km² of which 95.97 km² is water. The population density is 4.9 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Northern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Keitel is among the twelve generals who receive their promotion to field marshal shortly after Germany's victory over France.
Keitel never waivers in his loyalty, despite his belief that Hitler dishonored himself by committing suicide rather than standing trial and answering for his actions.
Keitel is nevertheless found guilty of aiding Hitler to commit a war agression, and of endorsing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The son of Carl Keitel, a middle-class landowner, he was born in Helmscherode near Hanover, Germany.
In 1937, Keitel received a promotion to General, and in the following year, in the wake of the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair and the replacement of the Reichswehrministerium (Reich Defense Ministry) with the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, a.k.a.
Keitel's defence of List was his last act of defiance to Hitler, for after that he never again challenged one of Hitler's orders and was referred to by his colleagues as Lakaitel ("Lackey-tel").
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