German general and convicted war criminal (1890–1946)
Alfred Jodl was a high-ranking German general during World War II who served as the chief of the operations staff of the Wehrmacht, the Nazi military. After the war, he was tried at Nuremberg for war crimes, convicted, and executed in 1946, making him one of the key Nazi military figures held accountable for the war.
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Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl ( German: [ˈjoːdl̩] ; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German military officer and convicted war criminal 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 by hanging in 1946.
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