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Alfred Jodl Military person

Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (About this sound listen ; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German military commander, attaining the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II, acting as deputy to Wilhelm Keitel, and signed the unconditional surrender of Germany as a representative for German president Karl Dönitz. At Nuremberg he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a war criminal.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 10, 1890
Birth place	German Empire , Würzburg
Date of death	October 16, 1946
Place of death	German Empire , Nuremberg

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