Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Hitler họpụtara Jodl ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị ọrụ nke Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) nke e hiwere ọhụrụ na 23 August 1939, tupu mwakpo ndị Germany wakporo Poland. Jodl rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye isi ndị ọrụ n'oge mwakpo nke Denmark
na Norway. Mgbe ọdịda nke France gasịrị, Jodl nwere nchekwube na ihe ịga nke ọma nke Germany na Britain, na-ede na 30 June 1940 na "Mmeri ikpeazụ nke Germany na England bụ naanị oge".