Ferdinand Jodl

Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich Jodl (28 November 1896 – 9 June 1956) was a German Wehrmacht officer, who notably served as the General der Gebirgstruppe of Mountain Corps Norway (Gebirgskorps Norwegen) during the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive. He was the brother of Alfred Jodl, the German military commander who after the war was executed as a war criminal, and later acquitted by a German court.

Career

 * Chief Operations, XII Corps (1938 – 1940)
 * Chief of Staff, XII Corps (1940)
 * Chief of Staff, IL Mountain Corps (1940 – 1942)
 * Chief of Staff, XX Mountain Army, Finland (1942 – 1944)
 * General of the Mountain Troops (General der Gebirgstruppe), XIX Mountain Corps (1944)
 * Acting General in charge of the Narvik Detachment (1944 – 1945)

Awards and decorations

 * Military Merit Order, 4th class (Bavaria)
 * Iron Cross (1914)
 * 2nd Class (20 October 1915)
 * 1st Class (2 June 1918)
 * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (12 January 1935)
 * West Wall Medal (22 November 1940)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (6 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (16 May 1940)
 * Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)
 * Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords
 * Swords (28 March 1942)
 * Oak Leaves (20 February 1944)
 * German Cross in Gold (11 April 1943)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 January 1945 as General der Gebirgstruppe and commander of XIX. Gebirgskorps