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< | '''Alfred Jodl''' (1890-1946) was Chief of the Operations Staff of the Nazi [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]] (OKW), the military office through which [[Adolf Hitler]] exerted control. He had been a senior staff officer since approximately 1935, and was involved in the planning of the German operation to annex Czechoslovakia, as well as operations after the outbreak of overt war. He was hanged by order of the [[Nuremberg Trials|Trial of the Major War Criminals by the International Military Tribunal]], although the verdict was somewhat controversial. | ||
Jodl's basic defense at the Tribunal was that he was a loyal soldier following Hitler's orders, but the defense of obedience to superior orders, without mitigating circumstances, had been rejected in the trial Charter. <ref>{{citation | |||
| title = On Trial at Nuremberg | |||
| author = [[Airey Neave]] | |||
| publisher = Little, Brown | year = 1978 | |||
}}, pp. 177-178</ref>Nevertheless, Jodl did not abandon his professionalism, and would argue with Hitler, as opposed to his passive nominal supervisor, [[Wilhelm Keitel]]. | |||
He told other officers, after Hitler became Chancellor, that Hitler had come to power through lawful means, so to defy him would be to defy President [[Paul von Hindenberg]]. After victories in Poland and France, he increasingly thought highly of Hitler's abilities, although his opinion changed, not totally, after the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]. | |||
==His role== | |||
==Disputes with Hitler== | |||
==The Tribunal== | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 19:29, 30 December 2010
Alfred Jodl (1890-1946) was Chief of the Operations Staff of the Nazi Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the military office through which Adolf Hitler exerted control. He had been a senior staff officer since approximately 1935, and was involved in the planning of the German operation to annex Czechoslovakia, as well as operations after the outbreak of overt war. He was hanged by order of the Trial of the Major War Criminals by the International Military Tribunal, although the verdict was somewhat controversial.
Jodl's basic defense at the Tribunal was that he was a loyal soldier following Hitler's orders, but the defense of obedience to superior orders, without mitigating circumstances, had been rejected in the trial Charter. [1]Nevertheless, Jodl did not abandon his professionalism, and would argue with Hitler, as opposed to his passive nominal supervisor, Wilhelm Keitel.
He told other officers, after Hitler became Chancellor, that Hitler had come to power through lawful means, so to defy him would be to defy President Paul von Hindenberg. After victories in Poland and France, he increasingly thought highly of Hitler's abilities, although his opinion changed, not totally, after the Battle of Stalingrad.
His role
Disputes with Hitler
The Tribunal
References
- ↑ Airey Neave (1978), On Trial at Nuremberg, Little, Brown, pp. 177-178