Note on Hitler's reply to a question from Raeder, stating that the "complete occupation" of Greece is required in any settlement

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Erich Raeder (admiral, Navy commander in chief (1935-43))

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Erich Raeder

German naval officer and Großadmiral during World War II

[[Storadmiral]] Erich Raeder med [[gallauniform]] for [[Kriegsmarine]] og [[marskalkstav]] [[1940]] <br><small>Foto: Deutsches Bundesarchiv</small>
  • Born: 1876-04-24 (Wandsbek)
  • Died: 1960-11-06 (Kiel)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: historian; naval officer
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: defendant)
  • Military rank: Großadmiral
  • Military branch: German Navy; Imperial German Navy; Kriegsmarine

Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)

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  • Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
  • Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
  • Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
  • Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
  • Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
  • Member of: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
  • Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

Date: 18 March 1941

Literal Title: B.) Personnel Position.

Defendant: Erich Raeder

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: C-167

Citation: IMT (page 1139)

HLSL Item No.: 450894

Notes:For comments about Japan in the same meeting, see document C 152.

Trial Issues

IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

C-167: Top secret note on lecture by supreme commander of Navy to the fuehrer, signed by Raeder. Operations 'Barbarossa' and 'Marita' maintained, Japan urged to take Singapore

[Extract of a meeting between Raeder and Hitler on 18 March 1941]
NAVAL WAR STAFF B. Nr. 1. op 355/41 g.K.
* * * 1 * * * *
9.
B. Personnel Position.
f. The C in C of the Navy asks for confirmation that the whole of Greece will have to be occupied even in the event of a peaceful settlement. Fuehrer: The complete occupation is a prerequisite of any settlement.
* H« * * * * *
RAEDER.