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Extract from a memorandum on the pre-war plan to build a strong surface navy by 1944-45, and the change to focusing on U-boats when the war began in 1939
IMT
Authors
Erich Raeder (admiral, Navy commander in chief (1935-43))
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>](https://sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/harvard-law-library-nuremberg-authors/4183-erich-raeder.jpeg)
- 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
Date: 10 January 1943
Literal Title: Extract from a memorandum by Raeder dated 10.1.43, and entitled "The Importance of German Surface Forces for the conducting of the War by the powers signatory to the Three Power Pact".
Defendant: Erich Raeder
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: C-161
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 230
Document Book No: Prosecution 10 (Raeder)
Citation: IMT (page 2743)
HLSL Item No.: 452949