Günther Prien
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Günther Prien was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the first U-boat commander to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the first member of the Kriegsmarine to receive t
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 2006 1130 500, Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien
The Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig was named the Günther Prien School.
The plaque commemorating Prien and the crew of U-47 at the Möltenort U-Boat Memorial
Road sign in Schönberg, Plön
Otto Kretschmer
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Otto Kretschmer was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War.
Günther Prien
…after U-65 led him to the scene. The attacks were carried out on the surface in dark Atlantic night during poor weather. U-28 sank another ship, but Otto Kretschmer in U-99 failed. Dönitz was disappointed, it was not the annihilation battle he hoped for. Dönitz ordered Prien to act as a weather-boat at a point 23…
Kapitänleutnant Kretschmer, November 1940
A Type IIB U-boat similar to U-23
Kapitänleutnant Kretschmer receiving his Knight's Cross from the hands of Großadmiral Erich Raeder, August 1940
Flotillenadmiral Kretschmer in 1966