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Erich Raeder

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ADMIRAL DOENITZ AND ADMIRAL RAEDER - NO SOUND

 

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German Navy Grand Admiral Erich Raeder looks at map and inspects fortifications i...HD Stock Footage

 

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Nuremberg Day 218 Raeder Judgment

 

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Hitler rants on Admiral Erich Raeder...

 

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Erich Johann Albert Raeder was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank—that of Grand Admiral — in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Henning von Holtzendorff. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine for the first half of the war; he resigned in 1943 and was replaced by Karl Dönitz. At the Nuremberg Trials he was sentenced to life in prison but was released early due to failing health.