4 Erich Raeder Quotes on Strategy

Erich Raeder quotes on strategy

2. ...to protect our position in the Norwegian and Arctic areas by threatening the flank of enemy operations against the northern Norwegian areas, and by attacking White Sea convoys...to tie down enemy forces in the Atlantic, so that they cannot operate in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean or the Pacific.

3. All wars will be settled by sea power.

6. I will bring to everyone's attention that, in case war with Great Britain were to burst; such a war could mean Germany's end.

8. Navy Commander Erich Raeder was more concerned with enhancing the navy's position in the new Reich than with contributing to a rational grand strategy. His limited vision fitted nicely into Hitler's dreams of world empire.