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Quote by Wilhelm Keitel

“No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed. ... He was a great psychologist.”

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Wilhelm Keitel

Wilhelm Keitel, born on September 22, 1882 and died on October 16, 1946, was a military leader of Nazi Germany. He served as the Chief of the German Armed Forces High Command during World War II and was a military advisor to Adolf Hitler. Keitel played a significant role in the military campaigns of Nazi Germany, including the invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union, but his military decisions also led to significant losses for Germany in the war. more

“Hitler had charm, loved children, charmed women. But in political respects he would stop at nothing. In other respects he had soft and touching emotions. Just as he could be terribly brutal in following up political ideas, so he could be humanely sensitive for the feelings of individuals, for the individual human life.”

Humans Children Ideas Feelings Political Individual Emotion Following Human Life Sensitive Charm Touching Brutal Charmed

Author:Wilhelm Keitel

“Hitler had a great gift for adjusting - consciously or intuitively - to his surroundings. ... With enormous histrionic intuition he could shape his behavior to changing situations.”

Situation Shapes Behavior Intuition Enormous Surroundings Adjusting Great Gifts Histrionic

Author:Albert Speer

“Hitler overestimated the importance of [technology]. As a result, he would count on a mere handful of assault-gun detachment or the new Tiger tanks to restore situations where only large bodies of troops could have any prospect of success.”

Body Results Situation Technology Gun Importance Mere Troops Assault Tigers Handful Detachment Tanks

Author:Erich von Manstein

“Hitler's historical hero had always been Frederick the Great. [Later], under Goebbels' prompting ... Napoleon emerged ... as his model. .... Frederick the Great was a man who knew when to stop [and] Napoleon did not.”

Men Hero Models Historical Goebbels

Author:Ernst Hanfstaengl