In the Service of the Reich. The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

These extraordinary memoirs--written by German Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel in the six weeks before he was hanged in Nuremberg for war crimes--offers readers an unparalleled, insider's view of the Wehrmacht, Hitler, and the events that made WWII the most devastating conflict of modern times. The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel Cover 1 Contents 4 Publisher's Note 5 Introduction (by W. Görlitz) 7 1. The Blomberg-Fritsch Crisis 37 2. From Austria to the End of the French Campaign 60 3. Prelude to the Attack on Russia 140 4. The Russian Campaign 194 5. Extract from K's Letters to his Wife 220 6. The Bomb Plot of 20th July, 1944 226 7. The Last Days under Adolf Hitler 231 8. Afterthoughts 278 Epilogue: The Indictment (by W. Görlitz) 283 Notes 318 Index 334 These extraordinary memoirs written by German Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946) in the six weeks before he was hanged in Nuremberg for war crimes offer readers an unparalleled, insider's view of the Wehrmacht, Hitler, and the events that made World War II the most devastating conflict of modern times. Most startling is Keitel's firsthand account of the final eighteen days of the Third Reich, when he personally directed the last-ditch fighting in Berlin.

These extraordinary memoirs—written by German Field-Marshal Wilhelm keitel (1882-1946) in the six weeks before he was hung in Nuremberg for war crimes—offers readers an unparalleled insider's view of the blitzkrieg against Poland, the conquest of France, and the brutal campaign against the Soviet Union. Most startling is his account of the final eighteen days of the Thrid Reich, which he personally directed.