The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out. Alfred Jodl More Quotes by Alfred Jodl More Quotes From Alfred Jodl 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 order hands ideas Yes, I'm very normal, everything is okay, I won't become a psychiatric case. Alfred Jodl okay normal cases In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas will be sufficient only if all resistance is punished not by legal prosecution of the guilty but by the spreading of such terror by the occupying power as is appropriate to eradicate every inclination to resist among the population. The competent commanders must find the means of keeping order not by demanding more security forces but by applying suitable Draconian methods. Alfred Jodl views order mean Death - by hanging! - that, at least, I did not deserve. The death part - all right, somebody has to stand for the responsibility. But that - that I did not deserve! Alfred Jodl deserve responsibility My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future. Alfred Jodl fate men people To this very day, I do not know what he (Hitler) thought or knew or really wanted. I only knew my own thoughts and suspicions. Alfred Jodl suspicion my-own wanted It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline. Alfred Jodl army should-have character Hitler [had an] excess of imagination, which very frequently foresaw what would happen but also very often went astray. Alfred Jodl excess imagination happens My greetings to you, my Germany. Alfred Jodl you germany
