Otto Kretschmer
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Otto Kretschmer was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War.
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
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 It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe, of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine until 1943
The crew of a minesweeper in France, 1941
The battleship Tirpitz in Norway, 1944
Anti-Jewish measures ordered by the German naval commander in Liepāja, 5 July 1941