<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - U-Jodl wakhethwa uHitler ukuba abe yiChief of Operation Staff ye-Oberkommando der Wehrmacht OKW eyayisanda kwakhiwa ngo-August 23, 1939, ngaphambi nje kokuba amaJalimane ahlasele iPoland. UJodl wayesebenza njengenhloko yezisebenzi ngesikhathi kuhlasela iDenmark  <response>: neNorway. Ngemva kokuwa kweFrance, uJodl wayenethemba lokuthi iJalimane izonqoba iBrithani, wabhala ngoJuni 30, 1940 ukuthi Ukunqoba kokugcina kweJalimane eNgilandi manje sekuyindaba yesikhathi kuphela. 