Eugen Millington-Drake
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Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen Millington-Drake, was a British diplomat.
Millington-Drake (right) greets Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood in Montevideo after the Battle of the River Plate, 3 January 1940
Casa de Carrasco vista desde Calle Sir Eugen Millington Drake
Admiral Graf Spee (German Armored Ship, 1936) View of the after part of the ship's superstructure, port side, taken while she was in Montevideo harbor, Uruguay in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate. Note the burned-out remains of an Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane on the ship's catapult and the German naval ensign flying from the mast mounted atop the after rangefinder.
Graf Spee in flames after being scuttled
The Battle of the River Plate is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anth
Eugen Millington-Drake
…to the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1939 he played a pivotal, behind-the scenes role in the Battle of the River Plate. (In the 1956 British war film The Battle of the River Plate he is played by the actor Anthony Bushell, and is portrayed as a well dressed and accomplished diplomat.) He was seconded from the Foreign Office as…
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Langsdorff's funeral