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Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (German: ⓘ; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German Generaloberst who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout World War II.
May 9, 2024 · Alfred Jodl (born May 10, 1890, Würzburg, Germany—died October 16, 1946, Nürnberg) was a German general who, as head of the armed forces operations staff, helped plan and conduct most of Germany’s military campaigns during World War II.
The Nuremberg executions took place on 16 October 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials. Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz ...
Alfred Jodl (1890–1946) was Chief of the Armed Forces High Command Operations Staff. In this capacity Jodl directed all military campaigns and participated in planning and authorizing the brutal methods that the German Armed Forces employed while waging war.
Alfred Jodl (c. 1892-1946) was a top German military officer during World War II and part of the leadership cadre around Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
The Hitler order of 11th January, 1941, to intervene in Albania was initialled by Jodl. On 20th January, four months before the attack, Hitler told a conference of German and Italian generals in Jodl's presence that German troop concentrations in Roumania were to be used against Greece.
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl was a German Generaloberst who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout World War II.
Jan 10, 2023 · The unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich was signed in the early morning hours of Monday, May 7, 1945, at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Reims in northeastern France. General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army, signed three other surrender documents at the same time, one each for Great ...
Jan 14, 2016 · On May 7th, 1945, as representative of Dönitz, Jodl officially signed the unconditional capitulation of the Wehrmacht, ending the war in Europe. After signing the capitulation, Jodl was taken prisoner of war by the British in Flensburg. In November 1945, he was indicted by the Nuremberg Tribunal.
Alfred Jodl was born in Wuerzburg, Germany, on May 10, 1890. He attended cadet school and 1910 joined a field military regiment in the German Army. Soon after the outbreak of the First World War, Jodl suffered a severe thigh wound.
