At the end of World War II in Europe, Jodl signed the instruments of unconditional surrender on 7 May 1945 in Reims as the representative of Karl Dönitz. I will post the information of this German General from Wikipedia and other links.
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General Alfred Jodl |
Born | 10 May 1890 Würzburg, Germany |
Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 56) Nuremberg, Germany |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) |
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Years of service | 1910–45 |
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Relations | Ferdinand Jodl (brother) |
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Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German military commander, attaining the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II, acting as deputy to Wilhelm Keitel, and signed the unconditional surrender of Germany as a representative for German president Karl Dönitz. At Nuremberg he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a war criminal. Jodl was exonerated by a German denazification court in 1953. After pressure from the US military, the exoneration was subsequently revoked by a Bavarian politician, though the revocation had no legal effect.
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