U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer celebrating a successful cruise with the crew of U-99.  Do I detect product placement ?  Best regards, JR.

Otto Kretschmer and crew.

German Kriegsmarine war correspondent Horst Grund (1915-2001) together with a comrade who was just awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class. Romania, 1941. (Bundesarchiv Bild N 1603 Bild-037)

Navy war correspondent and comrade

semi-submersible Versuch Schnellboot (Experimental torpedo Boat) VS.5 armed with two 53 cm (21 in) torpedoes tubes, and two 2 cm (0.79 in) guns. Its fate after 1941 is unknown