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Alfred Jodl

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Alfred Jodl
Alfred Jodl
Operations Staff for the Wehrmacht High command
In office
1 September 1939 – 8 May 1945
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Personal details
Born10 May 1890
Würzburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Died16 October 1946
Nuremberg Prison, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationGerman Military Army Soldier (1910-1912) and Officer (1912-1945)
AwardsKnight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
Military service
AllegianceGerman Empire

Weimar Republic

Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceImperial German Army

Reichsheer

German Army
Years of service1910-1945
RankGeneraloberst (General)
UnitImperial German Army

Reichsheer

Wehrmacht
CommandsGerman Army (1939-1945)
Battles/warsWorld War I World war II

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 Rank Date and Years
Leutnant (Lieutenant) 1912-1923
Hauptmann (Captain) 1923-1932
Oberst (Colonel) 1933-1936
Generaloberst (General) 1936-1945