I thought Gen. Jodl’s execution at Nuremberg was a bit over the top. I think a sentence similar to what Doenitz and Raeder received would have been more appropriate.
“I thought Gen. Jodl’s execution at Nuremberg was a bit over the top. I think a sentence similar to what Doenitz and Raeder received would have been more appropriate.”
Wikipedia:
Jodl was accused of conspiracy to commit crimes against peace; planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression; war crimes; and crimes against humanity. The principal charges against him related to his signature of the Commando Order and the Commissar Order, both of which ordered that certain prisoners were to be summarily executed. Additional charges at his trial included unlawful deportation and abetting execution. Presented as evidence was his signature on an order that transferred Danish citizens, including Jews and other civilians, to concentration camps. Although he denied his role in the crime, the (disunited) court sustained his complicity based on the given evidence. The French judge, Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, did not agree in the case of Jodl.
I agree about Jodl. I have yet to see what direct hand he had in war crimes.