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Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960 [1]) 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.
After the war, Raeder was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials, for waging a war of aggression, a charge arising from his planning of the German invasion of Norway and Denmark, for conspiracy against the peace for his role in preparing Germany for war before 1939, and for war crimes by enforcing the Commando Order.
Erich Raeder – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released 1955 on grounds of ill health). Joachim von Ribbentrop – Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. Alfred Rosenberg – Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging.
Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany who played a major role in the naval history of World War II.Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank, Großadmiral (Grand Admiral), in 1939 and thus became the first person to hold that rank since Henning von Holtzendorff.
Not charged as a war criminal at Nuremberg, von Papen was classified as one in 1947 by a German de-Nazification court, and sentenced to 8 years of hard labor. He was acquitted following appeal after serving two. [avalon 13] Erich Raeder: G: G: G — Life imprisonment
This is a list of convicted war criminals found guilty of war crimes under the rules of warfare as defined by the World War II Nuremberg Trials (as well as by earlier agreements established by the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, and the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and 1949).
Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II. This article covers Raeder's life as the Großadmiral (Grand Admiral) up to the start of World War II. Raeder attained this naval rank, the highest possible, in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since ...
Erich Raeder: 4: Released due to ill health on 26 September 1955 after receiving a life sentence. 24 April 1876: 6 November 1960: 84 Albert Speer: 5: Served a 20-year sentence; released on 1 October 1966. 19 March 1905: 1 September 1981: 76 Walther Funk: 6: Released due to ill health on 16 May 1957 after receiving a life sentence. 18 August ...