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| German Navy Kapitän zur See Ruge inspecting a minesweeper, 1941, photo 1 of 2 | German Navy Kapitän zur See Ruge inspecting a minesweeper, 1941, photo 2 of 2 | Ruge speaking to other German naval officers, 1941 | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Vice Admiral Friedrich Oskar Ruge, and General Hans von Obstfelder at Hendaye, France, 9 Feb 1944 |
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| Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Vice Admiral Friedrich Oskar Ruge touring a submarine pen on the Atlantic coast, France, 12 Feb 1944 |
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