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Born in Germany · Nationality German — Wehrmacht / OKW / wars of aggression / war crimes / Nuremberg
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “1953: attempted posthumous rehabilitation by Bavarian denazification tribunal, subsequently revoked” and “1946: convicted on all four counts at Nuremberg and executed”.
Profile No. 2632 · Updated on 12 October 2026
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February–September 1953
In February 1953, a Bavarian Spruchkammer found that Jodl should not have been classified among the principal offenders and issued a decision favourable to his estate. The relevant Bavarian minister revoked the decision in September 1953 so as not to call the Nuremberg judgment into question.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
Case · 9 documented stages
1–16 October 1946
The International Military Tribunal found Jodl guilty of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death and hanged on 16 October 1946.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
18 October 1942–25 June 1944
The memorandum covering the Commando Order was signed by Jodl; his staff had participated in drafting it. In June 1944, he also initialled an OKW memorandum reaffirming the order after the Normandy landings.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
28 October 1944
Jodl transmitted an order to evacuate the population of northern Norway and burn homes so that they could not assist the Red Army. The judgment cites Norwegian figures showing actual evacuations and tens of thousands of damaged buildings.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
7 November 1943
In a speech to the Gauleiter, Jodl stated that ruthless vigour and determination were needed in Denmark, France and the Netherlands to force people to work on the Atlantic Wall.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
January–April 1941
Jodl initialled the order concerning intervention in Albania, attended conferences preparing the occupation of Greece and was present when Hitler ordered Yugoslavia to be destroyed with extreme severity and Belgrade bombed without a declaration of war.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
July 1940–June 1941
As early as July 1940, Jodl instructed his deputy to prepare attack plans against the USSR, initialled directives continuing the preparations and then “Case Barbarossa”, and participated in the final conferences before the invasion.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
December 1939–May 1940
As OKW chief of operations, Jodl discussed the invasion of Norway with Hitler, Keitel and Raeder, participated in preparations against Norway and Denmark and signed several postponements of the western offensive.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
February–March 1938
The Nuremberg judgment found that Jodl participated with Keitel in measures of military pressure against Austria, provided the existing staff plan and initialled and expanded the directives for Operation “Otto” that led to the entry of German forces.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
1938
Notes considered by the Tribunal show Jodl was highly active in military preparations against Czechoslovakia, including discussions about when an “incident” should provide the pretext for German intervention.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
7 October 1941
Jodl signed an order stating that Hitler would not accept an offer of surrender from Leningrad or Moscow and instead intended to destroy them completely.
Last verified: 14 September 2026
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