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Extract from Jodl's diary, on the navy's plan for an attack on Brazil's navy, merchant ships, and air force
IMT
Authors
Alfred Jodl (chief of wehrmacht operations staff)
Alfred Jodl
German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946)
- Born: 1890-05-10 (Würzburg)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Kingdom of Bavaria; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Generaloberst
- Military branch: artillery
Date: 16 June 1942
Literal Title: Extract from Jodl's Diary.
Defendant: Erich Raeder
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-1807
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 227
Document Book No: Prosecution 10A (Raeder)
Citations: IMT (page 2738), IMT (page 9891)
HLSL Item No.: 453027
Notes:According to the Blue Set, vol. 28, p. 395, Hitler gave conditional approval for the plan. Another copy of PS 1807 is in UK document book 10.
Trial Issue
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1807: Jodl's Diary from April 1, 1942 to June 30, 1942
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1807: Entries, 12 and 16 June 1942, in Jodl’s diary: on Hitler’s orders no punishment to be inflicted for crimes committed by the Ustashi in east Bosnia; Hitler orders surprise attack on Brazilian ships if foreign office has no political objections