Ferdinand Jodl
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Ferdinand Jodl | |
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 Ferdinand Jodl | |
| Born | 28 November 1896 Landau, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died | 9 June 1956 (aged 59) Essen, Germany |
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| Service | Heer |
| Years of service | 1914–45 |
| Rank | General der Gebirgstruppe |
| Commands | XIX Mountain Corps |
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Relations | Alfred Jodl (brother) |
Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich Jodl (28 November 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a German Wehrmacht officer, who notably served as the General der Gebirgstruppe of Mountain Corps Norway (Gebirgskorps Norwegen) 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.
Career
- Chief Operations, XII Corps (1938 – 1940)
- Chief of Staff, XII Corps (1940)
- Chief of Staff, IL Mountain Corps (1940 – 1942)
- Chief of Staff, XX Mountain Army, Finland (1942 – 1944)
- General of the Mountain Troops (General der Gebirgstruppe), XIX Mountain Corps (1944)
- Acting General in charge of the Narvik Detachment (1944 – 1945)
Awards and decorations
- Military Merit Order, 4th class (Bavaria)
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (20 October 1915)
- 1st Class (2 June 1918)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (12 January 1935)
- West Wall Medal (22 November 1940)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (6 September 1939)
- 1st Class (16 May 1940)
- Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)
- Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Swords (28 March 1942)
- Oak Leaves (20 February 1944)
- German Cross in Gold (11 April 1943)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 January 1945 as General der Gebirgstruppe and commander of XIX. Gebirgskorps[1]
References
Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 201.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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