Career
He was the brother of Alfred Jodl, the German military commander who after the war was executed as a war criminal. Ferdinand Jodl was acquitted by a German court. Chief Operations, XII Corps (1938 – 1940) Chief of Staff, XII Corps (1940) Chief of Staff, Illinois 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) Bibliography.