Battle of the River Plate
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The Battle of the River Plate was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first British naval battle of the Second World War.
HMS Achilles as seen from HMS Ajax during the battle
Admiral Graf Spee
The route of Admiral Graf Spee's cruise, from the British HMSO report.
HMS Achilles
Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class Panzerschiff which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee, comma
Admiral Graf Spee in 1936
Recognition drawing of a Deutschland-class cruiser
Admiral Graf Spee at Spithead in 1937; HMS Hood and Resolution (centre) lie in the background
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