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Extract from minutes of a meeting of Raeder and Hitler, on the occupation of Greece, and the need to prompt Japan to occupy Singapore, which would help to avoid a German-US war

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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

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)

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

Navy High Command, and/or Navy records (general, orders, war diaries, etc)

Date: 18 March 1941

Literal Title: Audience of C-in-C of Navy with Hitler on 18 Mar 1600 hrs.

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-152

Document Book No: Prosecution Q: Aggression: USA

Citations: IMT (page 1230), IMT (page 1249), IMT (page 8755), IMT (page 8758), IMT (page 9837), IMT (page 9881), IMT (page 10146)

HLSL Item No.: 450935

Notes:The prosecutor noted that UK exhibit 122 (document C 167) had been entered with regard to this meeting, but C 167 includes only the comments on Greece. Keitel and Jodl also attended the meeting.

Trial Issues

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4, 11) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression

Document Summary

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C-152: GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND -- United States: Japan led into war, Raeder oral evidence / GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND -- ting oral evidence -- -- against the US., Japan’s intentions, extract from war diary of German Naval Attaché in Tokio, Schulte-Moenting oral evidence / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- break, between Germany and the U.S., General Staff and High Command Defense plea -- Appreciation of the situation and the possibility of war with the United States -- Italy’s adherence, 6 Nov. 1937, background and purpose / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- American ships to be attacked, Hitler’s orders 3 days before the declaration of war -- Japan induced to attack, Judgment -- Raeder oral evidence / U.S -- Schulte-Moenting oral evidence -- - Japanese actions as desired by Germany, HitlerRaeder - Keitel - Jodl meeting, March 1941 -- aggression and its interdependence with German landings in England, Raeder oral evidence / U.S -- Schulte-Moenting oral evidence -- Japan induced to attack --