(May 10, 1890-October 16, 1946)
Fought in World War I and was wounded
Reached the rank of major general (1935)
Chief of Operations (1939)
Injured in an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler
Signed the unconditional surrender of Germany
Arrested, tried, and convicted of war crimes (1945)
Executed by hanging the following year
Convictions posthumously overturned (1953)

He was a Nazi.
He took part in the invasion of Poland.
Many believe he ordered treatment of prisoners that violated the Geneva Convention.

At the Nuremberg trials, he pleaded not guilty 'before God, before history and my people' and might have been telling the truth, considering the fact that his convictions were later overturned.
He signed the surrender of Germany.

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