Alfred Jodl

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German general Nazi official human war criminal

Alfred Jodl was a German general and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht who became one of Nazi Germany’s highest-ranking military leaders and was later convicted and executed for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.

Aliases (1)

Jodl ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general → Nazi official → human → war criminal →
awardReceived	Iron Cross 1st Class → Iron Cross 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross →
causeOfDeath	execution by hanging →
convictedOf	crimes against humanity → crimes against peace → war crimes →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Nazi Germany →
dateOfBirth	1890-05-10 →
dateOfDeath	1946-10-16 →
detainedAt	Nuremberg Prison →
educatedAt	Royal Bavarian Cadet Corps →
employer	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
familyName	Jodl →
givenName	Alfred →
ideology	Nazism →
mannerOfDeath	capital punishment →
memberOf	Nazi Party →
militaryBranch	German Army → Wehrmacht →
militaryRank	Generaloberst →
notableEvent	arrest by Allied forces in 1945 →
notableWork	planning of German military operations in World War II →
participantIn	Battle of France → Invasion of Poland → Nuremberg trials → Operation Barbarossa → World War I → World War II →
placeOfBirth	German Empire → Kingdom of Bavaria → Würzburg →
placeOfDeath	American occupation zone in Germany → Bavaria → Nuremberg →
positionHeld	Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →
signatoryTo	German Instrument of Surrender of 1945 →
spouse	Irma Gräfin von Bullion → Luise von Benda →
trial	International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heer → OKH → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → Wehrmacht →	notableCommander
Alfred Jodl ("Jodl") →	familyName
German Instrument of Surrender →	signedBy