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Erich Raeder - Admiral of the Third Reich (Paperback)
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Erich Raeder - Admiral of the Third Reich (Paperback)
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Erich Raeder led the German navy from 1928 to 1943, a period that
included the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise
of Hitler, and World War II. Yet until now, no full-length
biography has been written about this extraordinary naval figure.
While most historians have viewed Raeder as a product of the
Wilhelmian era and heir to Admiral von Tirpitz's sea power
ideology, this work clearly demonstrates Raeder's affinity with
Hitler's fascism. Keith Bird refutes Admiral Raeder's own argument
that his navy was nonpolitical and independent; Bird shows him to
be a political activist and the architect of German naval policy.
Drawing on archival resources and the rich scholarship of German
naval history over the past five decades, Bird examines the
evolution of Raeder's concept of naval strategy and his attempts to
achieve the political and military means necessary to attain the
navy's global naval ambitions. He describes the admiral as
ultimately being defeated by the contradictions in his own policies
as well as Hitler's and by the realities of Germany's resources and
military necessities. Here for the first time, Raeder's strict
leadership of the navy after 1928 and his relationship to Hitler
and the National Socialist state are placed in the context of
Raeder's formative years as an Imperial naval officer, his World
War I combat experience, and his critical role in the survival and
development of the postwar Reichsmarine. The impact of Hitler's
influence on both the pace and the nature of naval rearmament and
the conduct of the Kriegsmarine in war are also examined here, as
are Raeder's furtive attempts to influence Germany's strategic
thinking in favor of a maritime strategy.
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