Alfred Jodl

Alfred Jodl (b. 1890) was a German military commander, attaining the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II, acting as deputy to Wilhelm Keitel. He was one of Adolf Hitler's close henchmen, and was present in the Ukraine in 1943 when Hitler was shot to death by Field Marshall Erich von Manstein.