General der Gebirgstruppe Ferdinand Jodl Born: 23 Nov 1896 in Landau, Palatinate (Pfalz) Died: 09 Jun 1956 in Essen Promotions:
F�hnrich (15 Aug 1914); Leutnant (15 Nov 1915); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1931); Major (01 Jan 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Nov 1940); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1943); General der Gebirgstruppe (01 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Aug 1914)
F�hnrich in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Aug 1914-07 Mar 1915)
Detached to F�hnrich-Course at J�terbog (16 Oct 1914-25 Nov 1914)
In the Field as Battery-Officer in the 3rd Battery of the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Mar 1915-05 Nov 1917)
Detached to the 16th Assault-Battalion (18 Jun 1917-29 Jun 1917)
Transferred to II. Replacement-Battalion of the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Nov 1917-24 Jan 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (24 Jan 1918-23 Sep 1918)
At the same time, Temporary Battery-Leader in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (08 Jun 1918-15 Aug 1918)
Temporary Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (23 Sep 1918-09 Nov 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (09 Nov 1918-22 Apr 1919)
Adjutant of the Artillery-Leader with Detachment Schaaf, Freikorps Hierl (22 Apr 1919-15 Jun 1919)
Adjutant of the 22nd Light Artillery-Regiment (15 Jun 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 21st Light Artillery-Regiment (15 Sep 1919-19 Jul 1920)
With the Police-Defence Nuremberg (19 Jul 1920-31 Aug 1920)
Transferred into the 7th Artillery-Regiment (31 Aug 1920-01 Oct 1926)
Detached to Weapons-Course on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds W�nsdorf (01 May 1924-15 Aug 1924)
Transferred to the 7th Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-01 Apr 1927)
Adjutant of the 7th Transport-Battalion (01 Apr 1927-01 Jul 1927)
Detached to the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1927-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of 6th Division (01 Oct 1927-01 Jun 1929)
Detached to the 6th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Jun 1929-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred into the 6th Artillery-Regiment and Detached to the Command-Office Berlin (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to the RWM (01 Oct 1930-01 Apr 1932)
Transferred to the RWM/Department Foreign Armies (Fremde Heere), T 3 (01 Apr 1932-01 Jul 1934)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Battery-Chief in Artillery-Regiment N�rnberg (01 Oct 1934-01 Aug 1935)
Tactics-Instructor at the War Academy (01 Aug 1935-01 Aug 1938)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of XII. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1938-01 Jun 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of XII. Army-Corps (01 Jun 1940-25 Oct 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of XXXXIX. Mountain-Corps (25 Oct 1940-00 Jan 1941)
Investivation-Staff Albania (00 Jan 1941-06 Jan 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of Command-Office North Finland of Army High Command Norwegen (06 Jan 1942-14 Jan 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of Command-Office North Finland of Army High Command Lappland (14 Jan 1942-22 Jun 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of Command-Office North Finland of the 20th Mountain-Army (22 Jun 1942-01 Mar 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Mar 1944-21 Apr 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of XIX. Mountain-Corps (21 Apr 1944-01 Sep 1944)
Commanding General of XIX. Mountain-Corps (01 Sep 1944-25 Nov 1944)
Commander-in-Chief of Army-Detachment Narvik (25 Nov 1944-09 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-02 Jul 1947)
Released (02 Jul 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (4369): am 13.01.1945 als General der Gebirgstruppe und Kommandierender General des XIX. Gebirgs-Korps
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (351/1): am 11.04.1943 als Generalmajor und Chef des Generalstabs der 20. Gebirgs-Armee
- 1914 EK I: 02.06.1918
- 1914 EK II: 20.10.1915
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern: 06.03.1916
- Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Bronze: 24.09.1924
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer: 12.01.1935
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV.bis II. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I: 16.05.1940
- Spange zum EK II: 06.09.1939
- Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen: 22.11.1940
- Slowakisches Kriegssiegerkreuz III. Klasse: 24.07.1941
- Kommandeurkreuz des Kgl. Rum�n. Ordens des Sterns mit Schwertern: 05.11.1941
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern: 28.03.1942
- Kroatischer Kriegsorden des Ordens der Krone des K�nigs Zvonimir I. Stufe mit Stern und Schwertern: 10.04.1942
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern: 20.02.1944
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�: 01.08.1942
- Lapplandschild
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