Dr. phil. h.c. Erich Johann Albert Raeder (* 24 April 1876 in Wandsbek, "† 6 November 1960 in Kiel) was a German naval officer (since 1939 large admiral) and since 1 October 1928 under the title boss of the naval line commander in chief of the realm and since 1935 of the war navy.

Beginnings

Erich wheels occurred in April 1894 the imperial navy and drove to completion of the basic training on the school ship "Stosch" and afterwards on the "Gneisenau". On 25 October 1897 he, after he had existed the naval officer examination with honor, was to sea appointed the Unterleutnant. In the year 1900 wheels to first lieutenant one promoted, after it was used as signal officer on different tank cruisers. Closed different land and on-board commands as well as a stay at the naval academy on and in March 1905 wheels the captain second lieutenant were appointed.

In April 1906 it was shifted as an adviser to the press agency of the realm board of admiralty and two years later came wheels than Navigationsoffizier on board the cruiser York. Likewise as a Navigationsoffizier it was then from 1910 to 1912 on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern inserted. In the course of this command it was promoted in April 1911 to lieutenant commander. Since this time on the Hohenzollern preserved wheels a personal sympathy for William II., which it did not deny also later.

After end of the command on the Hohenzollern followed the appointment as the first admiral staff officer with the commander of clearing-up armed forces. At this time already several times literary the French naval warfare expert Daveluy, a representative of the Jeune had operated and translated themselves wheels, with whose theories he argued critically.

The First World War

On this post participated wheels after outbreak of the First World War in the sea-battles on the Doggerbank and before the Skagerrak. In April 1917 he was appointed the commander and its service post was renamed in Chief of Staff with the commander of clearing-up armed forces. Wheels kept this post to at the beginning of of 1918, when he received the command over the cruiser with which it however in no more combat operation participated.

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