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2 unusual facts about Otto Kretschmer


Bowmanville

Among the German officers transferred from England to Bowmanville was Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, who was the top U-boat ace of World War II.

Otto Kretschmer

In 1943, the German command tried to rescue him (in Operation Kiebitz) but that daring plan failed.



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