Ferdinand Jodl

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Ferdinand Jodl, born tree gardener (born November 28, 1896 in Landau in the Palatinate , † June 9, 1956 in Essen ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the mountain troops in World War II .

Life

family

Ferdinand was the youngest son of the Bavarian officer Johannes Jodl and Therese Baumgärtler. Since his parents were not married at the time of his birth, he initially carried his mother's family name. His brother was the later Colonel General Alfred Jodl . Friedrich Jodl was an uncle .

Military career

Jodl occurred on August 15 in 1914 following the outbreak of the First World War as an ensign in the 4th Field Artillery Regiment "King" of the Bavarian Army in Augsburg one. From October 16 to November 25, 1914 he was commanded to Jüterbog and from March 7, 1915 Jodl took part in combat operations for the first time. He was used as a battery officer in the 3rd battery of his main regiment on the Western Front. There he received his promotion to lieutenant on November 15, 1915 . From June 18 to 29, 1917 he was briefly with the replacement battalion and was transferred to the II Reserve Department on November 5, 1917. Here he would then be on duty until January 23, 1918 and then be used again as a battery officer. From June 8 to August 15, 1918, Jodl served as battery chief and from September 23 to November 9, 1918 as an orderly officer with the regimental staff.

After the end of the war, Jodl remained in this position until April 22, 1919. After the dissolution of his regiment, Jodl joined the Hierl Freikorps as an adjutant to the artillery leader . After the creation of the Provisional Reichswehr , he was transferred to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 22 and then to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 21. On August 31, 1920, he was transferred to the 7th Artillery Regiment in Nuremberg , and later to the 6th Mountain Battery in Landsberg am Lech . In the meantime, Jodl had completed a weapons course in Wünsdorf from May 1 to August 15, 1924 , and on April 1, 1925, had become a first lieutenant . On October 1, 1926, he was transferred to the 4th Mountain Squadron of the 7th (Bavarian) Driving Department, where he served as an adjutant from April 1 to July 1, 1927.

Ferdinand Jodl (third from right) next to his brother Alfred (second from right) during a 7th Division maneuver (1926)

This was followed by the command to the 19th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment , from October 1, 1927 , the commanding assistant training with the staff of the 6th Division in Münster and then from June 1 to October 1, 1929 another command. This time to the 6th (Prussian) motor vehicle department, also stationed in Münster. Then Jodl was transferred to the 1st battery of the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment . On 1 October 1930, commanded him to the Defense Ministry in Berlin and promoted him there on 1 February 1931 captain . From April 1, 1932, Jodl was transferred to the ministry and deployed here in the troop office in the Foreign Armies Department (T 3). On July 1, 1934, he returned to service and became battery chief in the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment. Jodl stayed here until August 1, 1935 and then switched to the Army War Academy as a tactics teacher for three years. As a major (since January 1, 1936) he was subsequently first general staff officer in the staff of the XII. Army Corps and there on January 1, 1939 Lieutenant Colonel .

Family grave of the Jodls in the cemetery of the monastery on the Fraueninsel in the Chiemsee . There is u. a. buried Ferdinand Jodl. Alfred Jodl, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Army under Hitler, who was sentenced to death at the war crimes trial in Nuremberg ( hanged in 1946) is remembered; the ashes of his corpse were scattered in a branch of the Isar .

Jodl remained in this position until June 1, 1940 and then served as Chief of the General Staff until October 25, 1940. Then Jodl was Chief of the General Staff of the XXXXIX. Mountain Corps and as such he received his promotion to colonel on November 1, 1940 . On January 6, 1942, Jodl was first chief of staff at AOK Norway, then at AOK Lapland and finally from June 22, 1942 in the 20th Mountain Army under Colonel General Eduard Dietl . In these positions he had been promoted to major general on February 1, 1942 and lieutenant general on September 1, 1943 . From April 21st to September 1st, 1944 he was briefly in the reserve of leaders and was then with the leadership of the XIX. Mountain Corps commissioned. At the same time he was promoted to general of the mountain troops, he was appointed commanding general on September 1, 1944 . He remained its commanding general even after the association was renamed the Narvik Army Department. With the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , Jodl fell into British captivity , from which he was released on July 2, 1947.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 6: Hochbaum-Klutmann. Biblio Publishing House. Bissendorf 2002. ISBN 3-7648-2538-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A stroke of luck in history . Thomas Darnstädt in: Der Spiegel of April 4, 2005 p. 128, accessed on spiegel.de on December 3, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1930. p. 155.
  3. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 421.
personal data
SURNAME Jodl, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baumgärtler, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently general of the mountain troops in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Landau in the Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1956
Place of death eat