Alfred Jodl

Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (10 May 1890 in Würzburg – 16 October 1946 in Nuremberg) was a German military Officer and commander. He was the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II. At the Nuremberg trials he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a war criminal.

Jodl joined the Imperial German Army in 1910 as a Army Infantry Soldier until 1912 when he became a junior Military Army Officer . He remained as a Junior Officer in the Reichswehr German Army until he became a Senior Officer in the Wehrmacht  German Army in 1936 where he remained as a Senior officer until 1945 .
+German Army Officer Ranks of Alfred Jodl German Army Officer RankDate and YearsLeutnant (Lieutenant)1912-1923Hauptmann (Captain)1923-1932Oberst (Colonel)1933-1936Generaloberst (General)1936-1945

Category:1890 births
Category:1946 deaths
Category:Executed German people
Category:German generals of World War II
Category:German war criminals
Category:Holocaust perpetrators
Category:People executed by hanging
Category:People from Würzburg