Jodl

American

[yohd-l] / ˈjoʊd l /

noun

Alfred 1892?–1946, German general: signed the surrender of Germany on behalf of the German high command in World War II.

Jodl British

/ ˈjodəl /

noun

Alfred (ˈalfreːt). 1890–1946, German general, largely responsible for German strategy during World War II: executed as a war criminal

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Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps, Steinberg is sent to Flensburg, a former German naval academy now under Allied control, where he is put in charge of Gen. Alfred Jodl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Hermann Göring surrendered on May 6, and the next day the chief of staff of German forces, General Alfred Jodl, unconditionally surrendered all German forces.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The inmates fell into three groups: The first consisted of the high-ranking generals such as Wilhelm Keitel, Albert Kesselring or Alfred Jodl — as well as the admirals Dönitz and Gerhard Wagner.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2021

But they were stumped by the even more complex ciphered messages being transmitted among Hitler and the generals Erwin Rommel, Wilhelm Keitel, Gerd von Rundstedt and Alfred Jodl.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2014

Look up the description of the dream in Wundt, Jodl and other newer philosophers.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

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