Otto Kretschmer (1 May 1912 – 5 August 1998) was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War. From September 1939 until his...
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player Ottó Komoly (1892–1945) Hungarian Jewish humanitarian, engineer, officer, Zionist Otto Kraushaar (1901–1989), American academic Otto Kretschmer (1912–1998)...
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climatologist Otto Kretschmer (1912–1998), German U-Boat commander in World War II Paul Kretschmer (1866–1956), German linguist Michael Kretschmer (born 1975)...
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designated a National Historic Site of Canada. In 1943, prisoners Otto Kretschmer and Wolfgang Heyda were the subject of an elaborate escape named Operation...
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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...
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was the heyday of the great U-boat aces like Günther Prien of U-47, Otto Kretschmer (U-99), Joachim Schepke (U-100), Engelbert Endrass (U-46), Victor Oehrn...
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small number of highly trained and experienced pre-war commanders. Otto Kretschmer, Joachim Schepke, and Günther Prien were the most famous, but others...
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England to Bowmanville was Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, who was the top U-boat ace of World War II. Kretschmer assumed the duties of the senior naval...
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three prominent U-boat commanders: Günther Prien, Joachim Schepke and Otto Kretschmer. Operation Berlin Convoy SC 7 Convoy HX 84 Convoy HX 106 Convoy HX...
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Bundesmarine (Federal Navy). Some Kriegsmarine commanders like Erich Topp and Otto Kretschmer went on to serve in the Bundesmarine. In East Germany the Volksmarine...
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