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Raeder was born in a middle class family in Wandsbek , near Hamburg, Germany, he joined the German Imperial Navy in 1894, rapidly rising in rank to Chief of StaffThe term Chief of Staff can refer to: The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The head of the Prime Minister's Office of Canada The most senior aide in the office of state g for Franz von HipperFranz Ritter von Hipper ( September 13, 1863- May 25, 1932) was a German admiral. He was born in Weilheim and joined the German Navy in 1881 as a cadet, serving on the frigates Niobe and Leipzig''. From 1884 to 1903 he was commanding German torpedo boats in 19121912 is a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U. January 17 British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the. He served in this position during World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of as well as in combat posts, taking part in the Battle of Dogger BankThe Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle in the North Sea that took place on 24 January 1915, during the First World War, involving the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine. With the German home fleet effectively bottled up by Admiral Beatty's succes in 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital and the Battle of JutlandThe Battle of Jutland known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak Skagerrakschlacht , was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on May 31 June 1, 1916, in the North Sea near Ju in 19161916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies'. January 8 Allied forces withdraw from. After the war Raeder continued to rise steadily in the navy hierarchy, becoming a Rear Admiral ( Konteradmiral) in 1922 and a Vice Admiral ( Vizeadmiral) in 1925. In October 1928 Raeder was promoted to Admiral and made Commander in Chief of the German Navy ( Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine ).
Although he generally disliked the Nazi party, he strongly supported Adolf Hitler's attempt to rebuild the German Navy, while apparently disagreeing equally strongly on most other matters. Due to his efforts to rebuild the German Navy, on 20 April 1936, just a few days before Raeder's sixtieth birthday, Hitler presented him with a rank of General Admiral ( Generaladmiral). In his quest to rebuild the German Navy, Raeder faced constant challenges from Hermann Göring's ongoing quest to build the Luftwaffe.
Nevertheless he was promoted to Grand Admiral ( Großadmiral) in 1939, and later that year suggested Operation Weserübung, the invasions of Denmark and Norway in order to secure sheltered docks out of reach of the Royal Air Force, as well as provide direct exits into the North Sea. These operations were eventually successfully carried out, although with relatively heavy losses.
Raeder was not a strong supporter of the Operation Sealion, the planned German invasion of the British Isles for he felt the war at sea could be conducted far more successfully via an indirect strategic approach by increasing the numbers of u-boote, and small surface vessels in service in addition to a strategic focus on the Mediterranean theater including a strong German presence in North Africa plus an invasion of Malta and the Middle East.
He argued strongly against Sealion unless decisive German air superiority was present over the English Channel especially due to a great lacking in regional German naval superiority in addition to the catastrophic harassment that a contesting Royal Air Force would cause to any German invasion force. Since such circumstances were never gained, the invasion was thus postponed indefinitely due to the Luftwaffe's failure to obtain the invasion prerequisite of air superiority during the Battle of Britain, and instead the focus of the German war machine was diverted to Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Soviet Union, which Raeder opposed strongly.
A series of failed operations after that point, combined with the outstanding success of the U-boat fleets under the command of Karl Dönitz led to his eventual demotion to the rank of Admiral Inspector of the German Navy in January of 1943, and eventually to resignation and retirement in May of 1943. Karl Dönitz succeeded him in the post of the Commander in Chief of the German Navy on 30 January 1943.
After the war he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials, for waging a "war of aggression". This much criticized sentence was later reduced, and due to ill health he was released on 26 September 1955, later writing an autobiography, Mein Leben in 1957. Erich Raeder died in Kiel, on 6 November 1960.
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