Keitel, Wilhelm Al servizio del Reich

Le memorie del feldmaresciallo Keitel

This historical document offers an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes of Nazi power through the eyes of Wilhelm Keitel, one of Hitler's most influential and controversial military commanders. This edition, the first in Italian, provides a new and unflinching perspective on the decision-making mechanisms, power struggles and strategies that shaped the course of the Second World War. This book, newly edited and translated by Luca Cristini, is one of the most direct and revealing testimonies of the period. Keitel, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW) and Hitler's most important military adviser, writes directly from history shortly before his execution after the Nuremberg trials. What can you find in this book? - The background to the major annexations by the Nazis: from Austria to Czechoslovakia, learn how Hitler and his high command orchestrated the expansion of the Reich. The hidden rivalries: the tensions between the German army and the SS, including scandals and intrigues that undermined the regime's cohesion. The decisive campaigns: from the Blitzkrieg in Europe to the unstoppable advance on the Eastern Front and the final collapse of the Third Reich. Unfiltered authenticity: Keitel does not hold back, providing an honest and personal account that is lacking in many official documents. A carefully compiled collection of dozens of colour images and black-and-white photos, detailed maps and much more. In-depth historical analysis: enriched with editor's notes, a biography that completes Keitel's memoirs of the period from 1937 onwards, and an appendix with curiosities analysed and developed from reading the field marshal's original text.