FJ
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German general and Knight's Cross recipient
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Male
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Birth:
28 November 1896(Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Death:
9 June 1956(Essen, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich Jodl (28 November 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the Mountain Corps Norway during the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive. He was the brother of Alfred Jodl, the German military commander who after the war was executed as a war criminal. Ferdinand Jodl was acquitted by a German court.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 January 1945 as General der Gebirgstruppe and commander of XIX. Gebirgskorps