From 1919 to 1933, under Weimar Republic, Keitel was part of the Reichswehr. In 1935, he was promoted to the rank of major general and appointed chief of the Reich Ministry of War's Armed Forces Office (). On 1 January 1936, he was promoted to lieutenant general. In 1938, he became the chief of the Wehrmacht between 1938 and 1945.
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