Bodewin Keitel
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Bodewin Keitel
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| Birth name | Bodewin Keitel |
| Born |
25 December 1888 Helmscherode, Brunswick, German Empire |
| Died | 29 July 1953 (aged 64) Göttingen, West Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1909–1945 |
| Rank | Infantry General |
| Commands held | OKW |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Relations | Wilhelm Keitel (brother) |
Bodewin Claus Eduard Keitel (born December 25, 1888 in Helmscherode, Germany; and died on July 29, 1953 in Göttingen). He was a German officer, at the end of World War II he was General of the Infantry.
Bodewin Keitel was born on 25. December 1888 in Helmscherode as the son of landowner Carl Keitel (1854–1934) and his wife Apollonia Vissering (1855-1888). He was the brother of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, later head of the High Command of the Wehrmacht Bodewin joined when he was 20 years old on 23 February 1909 as a cadet in the Hanoverian Jäger Battalion No. 10 (Goslar) and on 22 August 1910, he was promoted to lieutenant.
At the beginning of World War I Keitel was platoon leader in the company of "Hunter Battalion No. 10". He was promoted to lieutenant on 25 February 1915, he was then appointed shortly after to company commander. As such, he moved on 18 June 1915 to Brandenburg Rifle Battalion 3. Then promoted to captain on 18 December 1917. On 6 November 1918 he became the commander of the III Battalion of the 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment.
After the end of World War I, he was transferred to the Reichswehr and then transported back to Battalion 10. During the war's aftermath, he took in the period from 21 December 1918 until 12 February 1919 in command of the battalion and then served in various battalions as company commander.
On 1 February 1928 Bodewin Keitel was to promoted to major and on 1 October 1932 promoted to lieutenant colonel. On 1 March 1933 he was given command of the III Battalion of Infantry Regiment 2, was promoted to colonel followed by 1 October 1934. With his promotion, he was also appointed Chief of the General Staff of the IX. Army Corps. On 12 October 1937 he was appointed as the Chief of Training Department ("T4") and is added in the General Staff of the Army.
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