On this day in 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee — heavily damaged after the Battle of the River Plate — is scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay. The captain, Hans Langsdorff, destroys his vessel rather than surrender it to the Allies. He later shoots himself. pic.twitter.com/OQDZPKgG9I
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The post @MilHistNow: On this day in 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee — heavily damaged after the Battle of the River Plate — is scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay. The captain, Hans Langsdorff, destroys his vessel rather than surrender it to the Allies. He later shoots himself. pic.twitter.com/OQDZPKgG9I first appeared on JOSSICA – jossica.com.
