Wilhelm Keitel (WL)

Wilhelm Keitel is a major antagonist in ''Warring Legends' World War II. ''He was a German Field Marshal who served as chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces.

Trial and Execution
After the surrender, Keitel was arrested along with the rest of the Flensburg government. He soon faced the International Military Tribunal, which indicated him on all four counts before it: conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, planning, initating and waging wars of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

To underscore the criminal rather than military nature of Keitel's acts, the Allies denied his request to be shot by firing squad. Instead, he was executed by hanging. The execution was performed by an American hangman, Sergeant John C. Woods. His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered in the river Isar.