caption branch relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards image_size |serviceyears birth_date signature rank image article_title name
general alfred jodl wehrmacht ferdinand jodl -lrb- brother -rrb- nuremberg , germany 16 october 1946 würzburg , germany german to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany -lrb- to 1945 -rrb- empire -lrb- to 1918 -rrb- weimar republic -lrb- knight 's cross of the iron cross 250 1910 -- 45 10 may 1890 jodl signature.png generaloberst 200px alfred jodl
 alfred josef ferdinand jodl
alfred jodl

alfred josef ferdinand jodl -lrb- ; 10 may 1890 -- 16 october 1946 -rrb- was a german military commander , attaining the position of chief of the operations staff of the armed forces high command -lrb- oberkommando der wehrmacht , or okw -rrb- during world war ii , acting as deputy to wilhelm keitel , and signed the unconditional surrender of germany as a representative for german president karl dönitz .
at nuremberg he was tried , sentenced to death and hanged as a war criminal .
