Erich Raeder, German admiral (died 1960)

Erich Raeder

German admiral (1876–1960)

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, that of grand admiral, in 1939. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine for the first half…