Epic 1st Warship Battle of WWII Demonstrated a Truly International Conflict – River Plate
German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in Montevideo harbor following the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.
The first naval battle of the Second World War, the Battle of the River Plate was a symbolically important encounter. British ships clashed with a more powerful but isolated German raider off the coast of Uruguay, in a confrontation which proved the truly global spread of the…
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