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Erich Raeder


 

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (April 24, 1876November 6, 1960) was a naval leader in Nazi Germany during World War II. Raeder attained the high rank of Grand Admiral (Großadmiral) in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank in wartime since Alfred von Tirpitz. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine (German War Navy) for the first half of World War II but was eventually demoted and replaced by Karl Dönitz in 1942. He was sentenced to life in prison during the Nuremberg Trials, but was later released and wrote his autobiography. Raeder died in 1960.

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