Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hitler họpụtara Jodl ka ọ bụrụ Onye isi ndị ọrụ nke Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) nke e guzobere ọhụrụ na 23 August 1939, tupu mbuso agha Germany nke Poland. Jodl rụrụ ọrụ dị ka 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".