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Extract from the Naval War Diary, on the benefits of obtaining naval bases in Norway and Denmark

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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

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

Date: 03 October 1939

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-122

Document Book No: Prosecution CC: OKW

Citations: IMT (page 2159), IMT (page 9840), IMT (page 10163)

HLSL Item No.: 451821

Notes:According to the diary extract, Raeder wished to present the options to Hitler. Another copy of C 122 had been entered earlier as UK exhibit 82, and this copy was presented using the same exhibit number.

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Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SA, SD, OK… Wars of aggression

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C-122: Bases in Norway

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C-122: NAVAL OPERATIONS STAFF / AGGRESSION AGAINST NORWAY -- Raeder: Complicity -- Influence on Hitler, oral evidence / AGGRESSION AGAINST NORWAY -- Aims -- SchulteMoenting oral evidence / NORWAY, AGGRESSION, GERMAN -- Raeder: Complicity -- Influence on Hitler, oral evidence / NORWAY, AGGRESSION, GERMAN -- GB-96, C-041 -- Schulte-Moenting oral evidence / RATION -- Military preparations for the attack / NORWAY, AGGRESSION, GERMAN -- GB-96, C-041 -- Raeder, conference, 10 Oct. 1939, SchulteMoenting oral evidence