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The Nazi General Who Helped Burn Europe: Alfred Jodl
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General Alfred Jodl signed orders that fueled massacres from the Soviet Union to occupied Europe. He helped craft the Commissar and Commando Orders, condemning countless prisoners to death. Tried at Nuremberg for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Jodl was sentenced to death. Executed in 1946, Jodl’s story reveals how blind obedience and ambition turned a soldier into a war criminal.
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