“As Loyal as a Dog” - The Blind Devotion of Hitler’s General Keitel - video Dailymotion

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Wilhelm Keitel rose to the top of Hitler’s war machine as a loyal “yes-man,” signing criminal orders that fueled massacres and repression across Europe. From the invasion of Poland to Operation Barbarossa, his obedience enabled atrocities. At Nuremberg, he pled he was “just following orders,” but the tribunal found him guilty. His hanging in 1946 was slow and agonizing, marking the grim downfall of Hitler’s obedient field marshal.  🎥  Learn more about Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel on World History TV, in the film 'From German Field Marshal to Nuremberg Gallows: Hitler's Lackey Wilhelm Keitel’ 👉LINK in BIO 👈  #WorldHistory #WW2 #NurembergTrials #HistoryDocumentary #DarkHistory

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00:00Keitel was Hitler's loyal yes-man, willing to do everything the Führer demanded of him.

00:06Keitel became known as blindingly loyal toady of Hitler, as his peers would call him behind

00:11his back. In the army, he acquired the nickname La Keitel, a pun derived from German luckei,

00:18meaning lackey, and his surname. Keitel's peers did not respect him. They only considered him

00:25a sycophant and a stupid follower of Hitler, as they often called him and frequently bypassed

00:30him going directly to their Führer. Adolf Hitler did not value Keitel for his capabilities,

00:36but because he was as loyal as a dog, as the Führer once said.

“As Loyal as a Dog” - The Blind Devotion of Hitler’s General Keitel

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