January 1941 : U-boat ace Kapitänleutnant Otto Kretschmer (Kommandant U-99) playing curling in the snow during vacation. Kretschmer, of the German Kriegsmarine, was the most successful submarine commander of any navy during the Second World War. In the first 18 months of the war he sank 44 ships totalling over 266,000 tons. His reward was celebrity status in Nazi Germany and he was awarded the coveted Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern (Knight's Cross of the Iron Crosses with Oak Leaves and Swords).
Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/31067/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-admiral-otto-kretschmer-1173919.html
https://uboat.net/men/kretschmer.htm
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