Kriegsmarine
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The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire and the inter-war Reichsmarine of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was
Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine until 1943
U-boat crew
The crew of a minesweeper in France, 1941
The battleship Tirpitz in Norway, 1944
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 and was convicted of war crimes after the war. He attained the highest possible naval rank,
Kriegsmarine
…Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung), and a Chief of Naval Operations (Chef der Operationsabteilung). The first Commander-in-Chief of the OKM was Erich Raeder who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Reichsmarine when it was renamed and reorganised in 1935. Raeder held the post until falling out with Hitler after…
Erich Raeder (second from left) and the staff of Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper (center), 1916
Raeder in 1928
Raeder and Paul von Hindenburg in Kiel, 1931