Editing Erich Raeder (section)

===High Seas Fleet mutiny===
In the winter of 1918–19, Raeder was closely involved in the efforts of the naval officer corps, strongly backed by the Defense Minister [[Gustav Noske]] to disband the [[German workers' and soldiers' councils 1918–1919|workers' and soldiers' councils]] established after the Kiel mutiny.<ref>Bird ''Erich Raeder'' pp. 35–36.</ref> Noske was a [[Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany|Majority Social Democrat]] with firm "law and order" views. During this period, Raeder served as the liaison between the naval officer corps and Noske, and it was Raeder who suggested to Noske on 11 January 1919 that [[Adolf von Trotha]] be appointed commander-in-chief of the Navy.<ref name="Bird, Keith p. 37">Bird ''Erich Raeder'' p. 37.</ref> Tirpitz's attacks on the Emperor's leadership during the war had caused a split in the officer corps between the followers of "the Master" and the Kaiser, and Raeder saw Trotha as the only officer acceptable to both factions.<ref name="Bird, Keith p. 37"/> Noske in turn asked the Navy for volunteers for the ''[[Freikorps]]'' to crush uprisings from the Communists.<ref>Bird ''Weimar'' pp. 45–46.</ref> The Navy contributed two brigades to the ''Freikorps''.<ref>Bird ''Weimar'' pp. 46–52.</ref> Under the [[Weimar Republic]], the military considered itself ''überparteilich'' (above party), which did not mean political neutrality as implied.<ref name="Bird, Keith p. 140">Bird ''Weimar'' p. 140.</ref> The military argued that there were two types of "politics": ''parteipolitisch'' (party politics) which was the responsibility of the politicians, and ''staatspolitisch'' (state politics) which was the responsibility of the military.<ref name="Bird, Keith p. 140"/> ''Staatspolitisch'' concerned Germany's "eternal" interests and the "historic mission" of winning world power, which was to be pursued regardless of what the politicians or the people wanted.<ref name="Bird, Keith p. 140"/>