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Ferdinand Jodl

German general and Knight's Cross recipient

Ferdinand Jodl
Jodl in 1926
Born	(1896-11-28)28 November 1896 Landau, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	9 June 1956(1956-06-09) (aged 59) Essen, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Service years	1914–1945
Rank	General der Gebirgstruppe
Commands	XIX Mountain Corps
Conflicts	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations	Alfred Jodl (brother) Friedrich Jodl (uncle)

Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich Jodl (28 November 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a German general during World War II who commanded the Mountain Corps Norway during the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive. He was the younger brother of Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW. He was the nephew of philosopher and psychologist Friedrich Jodl at the University of Vienna.^[1]

Ferdinand Jodl entered the Imperial German Army in August 1914 as an ensign, serving as a Leutnant in a Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment from 1915 until the end of World War I. He remained in the army after 1918, becoming a general staff officer. In this capacity he served with XII Corps in the early part of World War II, then moving to XXXXIX Mountain Corps. From 1942 he served in Finland and North Norway, first as chief of staff of the 20th Mountain Army, then as commander of the XIX Mountain Corps,^[2] receiving the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his command of this corps in January 1945.^[3] He ended the war as commander of German forces in North Norway, grouped under the name Army Detachment Narvik, having attained the rank of General of Mountain Troops.^[2]

Ferdinand Jodl died in Essen on 9 June 1956, aged 59 and was buried on Frauenchiemsee in Bavaria.^[4]

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 January 1945 as General der Gebirgstruppe and commander of XIX. Gebirgskorps^[3]

↑ Jodl, Alfred (1946). "A Short Historical Consideration of German War Guilt". In Office of United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality (ed.). Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume VIII (PDF). Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 663.
1 2 Lucas 1980, p. 214.
1 2 Fellgiebel 2000, p. 201.
↑ See: Jodl family grave, Frauenchiemsee.

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Lucas, James (1980). Alpine Elite: German Mountain Troops of World War II. Jane's Publishing. ISBN 0531037134.

Military offices

Preceded by

General der Gebirgstruppe Georg Ritter von Hengl

Commander of XIX. Gebirgs-Armeekorps
15 May 1944 – 8 May 1945

Succeeded by

Organisation disbanded

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