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Alfred Jodl

1890 - 1946

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Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (German: [ˈjoːdl̩] ; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German Army Generaloberst (the rank was equal to a four-star full general) 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 in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Jodl is the 48th most popular military personnel (up from 62nd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Germany (down from 157th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Military Personnel.

Alfred Jodl was a German military officer who served as Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) during World War II. He was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed by hanging.

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Among military personnels, Alfred Jodl ranks 48 out of 2,058. Before him are Tariq ibn Ziyad, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Guan Yu, Stonewall Jackson, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, and Charles X Gustav of Sweden. After him are Douglas MacArthur, Hiroo Onoda, Seleucus I Nicator, Alfred Dreyfus, Germanicus, and Isoroku Yamamoto.

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Among people born in 1890, Alfred Jodl ranks 11. Before him are Lawrence Bragg, Vyacheslav Molotov, Friedrich Paulus, Boris Pasternak, H. P. Lovecraft, and Egon Schiele. After him are Karel Čapek, Fritz Lang, George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, Bacha Khan, and Colonel Sanders. Among people deceased in 1946, Alfred Jodl ranks 7. Before him are H. G. Wells, Hermann Göring, John Maynard Keynes, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Alfred Rosenberg. After him are Amon Göth, Ion Antonescu, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Frank, and Arthur Seyss-Inquart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Jodl ranks 164 out of 7,253. Before him are Lothair I (795), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Walter Gropius (1883), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Agrippina the Younger (15), and George I of Great Britain (1660). After him are Meister Eckhart (1260), Max Born (1882), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Otto Hahn (1879), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), and Carl Orff (1895).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Alfred Jodl ranks 9. Before him are Erwin Rommel (1891), Erich von Manstein (1887), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Heinz Guderian (1888), Friedrich Paulus (1890), and Arminius (-17). After him are Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Baron Munchausen (1720), Ernst Röhm (1887), Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), and Michel Ney (1769).

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