Editing Alfred Jodl (section)

==Early life and career==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 136-B3513, Süddeutschland, Manöver der 5. und 7. Division.jpg|thumb|left|Alfred Jodl (second from right) as a captain of the ''Reichswehr'' with his brother Ferdinand (second from left), 1926]]
Alfred Jodl was educated at a military cadet school in [[Munich]], from which he graduated in 1910. [[Ferdinand Jodl]], who also became an army general, was his younger brother. He was the nephew of philosopher and psychologist [[Friedrich Jodl]] at the [[University of Vienna]].{{sfn|Jodl|1946|p=663}} Jodl was raised Roman Catholic but rejected the faith later in life.<ref>Railton, Nicholas M. "Henry Gerecke and the Saints of Nuremberg." Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte, vol. 13, no. 1, 2000, pp. 112–137. {{JSTOR|43750887}}. Accessed 8 Feb. 2021.</ref>

From 1914 to 1916, he served with a field artillery regiment on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], being awarded the [[Iron Cross]] 2nd Class for gallantry in November 1914, and for being wounded in action. In 1917, he served briefly on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] before returning to the West as a staff officer. In 1918, he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class for gallantry in action. After the defeat of the German Empire in 1918, he continued his career as a professional soldier with the much-reduced German Army (''[[Reichswehr]]'').{{sfn|Görlitz|1989|p=155}} Jodl married twice: in 1913 and (after becoming a widower) in 1944.{{sfn|Görlitz|1989|p=161}}