<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UJodl wakhethwa uHitler ukuba abe yiChief of Operation Staff ye-Oberkommando der Wehrmacht OKW eyayisanda kwakhiwa ngo-August 23, 1939, ngaphambi nje kokuhlasela kweJalimane ePoland. UJodl wasebenza njengenhloko yezisebenzi ngesikhathi  <response>: ukuhlasela iDenmark neNorway. Ngemva kokuwa kweFrance, uJodl wayenethemba lokuthi iJalimane izonqoba iBrithani, wabhala ngoJuni 30, 1940 ukuthi Ukunqoba kokugcina kweJalimane eNgilandi manje sekuyindaba yesikhathi kuphela. 