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The indictment knocked me on the head. First of all, I hand no idea at all about 90 per cent of the accusations in it. The crimes are horrible beyond belief, if they are true. Secondly, I don't see how they can fail to recognize a soldier's obligation to obey orders. That's the code I've live by all my life.

Alfred Jodl

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Alfred Jodl
Age: 56 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 10
Died: 1946
Died: October 16
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