Alfred Jodl

Alfred Jodl
Jodl in 1940
Chief of the Operations Staff
of the Wehrmacht High Command
In office
1 September 1939 – 13 May 1945
DeputyWalter Warlimont
Chief of the Wehrmacht High Command
In office
13 May 1945 – 23 May 1945
Preceded byWilhelm Keitel
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl

(1890-05-10)10 May 1890
Würzburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Died16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 56)
Nuremberg Prison, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Spouses
Irma Gräfin von Bullion[1]
(m. 1913; died 1944)
Luise von Benda[2]
(m. 1945)
RelationsFerdinand Jodl (brother)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Branch/service Imperial German Army
 Reichsheer
 German Army
Years of service1910–1945
RankGeneraloberst
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Criminal conviction
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)Conspiracy to commit crimes against peace
Crimes of aggression
War crimes
Crimes against humanity
TrialNuremberg trials
Criminal penaltyDeath

Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (German: [ˈjoːdl̩] ; 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.

After the war, Jodl was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity at the Allied-organized Nuremberg trials. The principal charges against him related to his signing of the criminal Commando and Commissar Orders. Found guilty on all charges, he was sentenced to death and executed in Nuremberg in 1946.

  1. ^ Tofahrn 2008, pp. 129–130.
  2. ^ O'Keeffe 2013, p. 172.