Jürgen Rohwer
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Jürgen Rohwer was a German military historian and professor of history at the University of Stuttgart. Rohwer wrote more than 400 books and essays on World War II naval history and military intelligen
Rohwer in 2004
Kriegsmarine
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The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire and the inter-war Reichsmarine of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was
Jürgen Rohwer
…recognition as a prominent historian and a leading authority on U-boats. Rohwer was born in Friedrichroda. After leaving school in 1942, he entered the Kriegsmarine as an officer candidate (crew VI/42). During World War II he served on several German warships, including destroyer Z24, Sperrbrecher 104/Martha, and…
Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine until 1943
U-boat crew
The crew of a minesweeper in France, 1941
The battleship Tirpitz in Norway, 1944