Erich Raeder
German naval officer
Died when: 84 years 196 days (1014 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) 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 in 1918.
Raeder led the Kriegsmarine for the first half of the war; he resigned in January 1943 and was replaced by Karl Dönitz.
At the Nuremberg Trials he was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released early owing to failing health.
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