<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-August 30, 1939, ngaphambi nje kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, uKeitel waqokwa nguHitler ukuba abe yilungu loMkhandlu Wezokuvikela WaseReich owakhiwa abantu abayisithupha ukuze usebenze njengekhabhinethi lempi. Ngemva kokuba iJalimane inqobe iFrance eMpini yaseFrance emasontweni ayisithupha, uKeitel wachaza uHitler ngokuthi umbusi wempi omkhulu kunabo bonke UKeitel wahola izingxoxo zesivumelwano saseFrance sokuyekisa ukulwa  <response>: , futhi ngo-19 Julayi 1940 wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba Generalfeldmarschall i-Field Marshal. 