Inside The Control Room During A DC Attack

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Okay, this is sorta OT, but whatever...

When I bought Lothar-Gunther Buchheim's book U-Boat War, this was one of the photographs that immediately jumped out at me. It captures the moment a depth charge explodes near U-96, momentarily pushing the boat downwards.



It really is, in my opinion, one of the most stunning pieces of 20th century combat photography, but it seems to have been lost to history, and only known to a few U-boat buffs. Of all the thousands of U-boat photographs out there, I've never seen one that so vividly captures a moment between life and possible death. It's almost like this could be the last known photograph of the crew of U-96, and the boat sunk immediately afterwords, and they found the wreck and retrieved some water-damaged film from Buchheim's camera. Not really plausible, but this photo still creeps me out!