00:00erich reda the commander-in-chief of the navy was deeply conflicted how else can it be explained that even
00:09in 1932 he had called hitler's speeches criminal but again and again as the only officer present he gave the
00:18so-called german salute
00:20and on the 30th january 1937 he pinned the golden party badge awarded to him by hitler onto his uniform
00:29and just as unnecessary for an active officer was the acceptance of a birthday cash gift of 250 000 reichsmarks
00:38on the occasion of his 65th birthday birthday in competition with u-boat officer deunitz on the right raeder's plan
00:49had called for the
00:49construction of a series of heavy surface units but when world war ii began in september 1939 which he had
00:59not supported he made it clear that germany as a continental power had in no way yet built up the
01:07kriegsmarine for a war against the superior naval power great britain in general raeder's relationship with hitler had cooled more
01:15and more over the course of the war years
01:17furthermore in meetings during the early phase of the war he had contradicted hitler several times especially regarding his plans
01:28for the attack on the soviet union in june nineteen forty one however he was virtually the lone voice of
01:35warning
01:37since the representatives of the army had not dared to voice their concerns out loud when at the end of
01:45nineteen forty two the kriegsmarine's operation regenbogen against an allied convoy in the baron sea with the armored ship lutzo
01:54the heavy cruiser admiral hipper and other ships six destroyers had failed grand admiral raeder after a fit of rage
02:04from hitler in which he even accused the kriegsmarine of cowardice among other things
02:09had asked to resign on october 1 1946 retired grand admiral raeder was sentenced to life imprisonment at the nuremberg
02:20trials and taken to spandau prison
02:23on september 26 1955 after nine years in prison eric reeder was released for health reasons later he was just
02:33like grand admiral dunitz as here at the naval memorial in willemshaven has repeatedly been a guest of the bundeswehr
02:41which however removed both names from its tradition list decades ago
02:46of course
02:46of course
02:46of course
02:46of course
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02:46of course
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