Wilhelm Keitel recounts his career and his work in the German military high command during the Second World War. This paperback edition presents his memoirs, edited by Walter Görlitz and translated into English by David Irving.
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Wilhelm Keitel served as Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW) from 1938 until 1945 and was present at virtually every major military conference of the war. He wrote these memoirs in his Nuremberg cell before his execution, providing a first-hand account of the German supreme command from within.
The memoirs document Keitel's perspective on the major strategic decisions of the war—the campaigns against Poland, France and the Soviet Union, and the final defence of Germany. Written without access to documents and while facing death, Keitel recorded his recollections of conferences with Hitler and other military leaders.
Walter Görlitz edited the memoirs and supplied the introduction and epilogue. David Irving translated the work into English. This edition preserves the editorial notes and documentary appendices.
An important primary source for Wehrmacht command studies, Nuremberg trial research and scholarship on German strategic decision-making.
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