Fascinating pictures have emerged illustrating the career of legendary Nazi U-boat commander Admiral Otto Kretschmer who became the most successful submarine officer of the Second World War. One shows him shaking hands with Adolf Hitler after receiving the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords on November 12, 1940
Pictures in the book 'Otto Kretschmer: The Life of Germany's Highest Scoring U-boat Captain' by Lawrence Paterson show Kretschmer answering questions from an Army reporter in Lorient in the summer of 1940
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