The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Alfred Jodl

Jodl, Alfred

Colonel-General

* 10th of May 1890

† 16th of October 1946

Promotions

1933-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-10-01 Colonel
1939-04-01 Major-General
1940-07-19 Lieutenant-General
1940-07-19 General of Artillery
1944-01-30 Colonel-General

Service

1932-10-01 1935-05-21 Attached to the Reichwehr Ministry
1935-05-21 1935-07-01 Attached to the Ministry of War
1935-07-01 1938-02-04 Chief of National Defence Section L, Ministry of War
1938-02-04 1938-11-20 Chief of Operations Office, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1938-11-20 1939-08-25 Artillery Commander 44
1939-08-25 1939-08-27 Attached to the Operations Office, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1939-08-27 1940-08-08 Chief of Operations Office, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1940-08-08 1945-05-06 Chief of the Operations Staff, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1945-05-01 1945-05-06 Temporary Chief of the Armed Forces High Command OKW
1945-05-13 1945-05-23 Chief of the Armed Forces High Command OKW
1945-05-13 1945-05-23 Chief of the Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1945-05-23 1946-10-01 Prisoner of War
1946-10-01 Condemned to death by the International Military Tribunal as war criminal
1946-10-16 Executed
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299941