The Battle of the River Plate 1939 Mark J. Grove
Author: Mark J. Grove
Published Date: 19 Dec 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Format: Paperback::71 pages
ISBN10: 1841769908
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Download Link: The Battle of the River Plate 1939
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THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE Under the conditions imposed on Germany the treaty of Versailles at the end of the First World War, the German navy was forbidden to construct surface warships in excess of 10,000 tons. The battle of the River Plate is one of the most famous naval battles of the Second World War, despite only involving four ships. Part of its fame Battle of the River Plate Page 2 New Zealand's naval forces Washing clothes on HMS Philomel In December 1939 the New Zealand naval forces were a quarter of a century old. They had come into being with the arrival of the decrepit training cruiser HMS This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the The Battle of the River Plate (film) article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. Please sign and date your posts typing The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of the Battle of the Atlantic in South American waters. The German panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee had cruised into the South Atlantic a fortnight before the war began The Battle of the River Plate took place in December 1939, and featured the Royal Navy cruisers Exeter, Achilles and Ajax, against the German Panzerschiffe, Graf Spee. -If you'd like to support the creation of more videos Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is the author of over 50 books, 30 of which are published Osprey. This acclaimed and widely published author has written several books on piracy, including The History of Pirates, and Blackbeard: America's Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 -Battle of the River Plate, December 1939 At dawn on 13 December 1939 the German armored ship (or "pocket battleship") Admiral Graf Spee, cruising toward South America's Rio de la Plata (River Eventually, however, German captain Langsdorff (Peter Finch) is faced with a difficult decision: either stand his ground and fight a losing battle against the Exeter and its sister ships, or scuttle the Graf Spee and save the lives of his crew. Battle of the River Plate Battle of the River Plate 13 December 1939 HMS Achilles painting (Archives New Zealand, AAAC 898 NCWA Q223) turned the Battle of the River Plate into a major British victory and a welcome morale boost for the Allied cause. Achilles role in the battle 13th, Battle of River Plate (see map above) - Now back in the South Atlantic, Graf Spee claimed three more victims (including Doric Star on the 2nd and Tairoa on the 3rd; this stage, may of the The first naval battle of World War II took place just off the coast of Uruguay on December 13, 1939 as the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee is cornered in the waters of the River Plate the British cruisers HMS Exeter and Ajax and HMNZS Achilles. [Video edited from excerpts of the 1998 documentary Lost Ships The World War 2 naval action, which culminated in the Battle of the River Plate, had its makings with the sailing from Wilhelmshaven, Germany on the 21 August 1939 of the Panzerschiffe or pocket battle ship Admiral Graf Spee and her subsequent sinking of nine Timeline of events concerning the Battle of the River Plate during World War II Graf Spee set sail with official orders on August 21st, 1939 to the North Atlantic. Sir Henry Harwood died in Goring-on-Thames in 1950. Harwood Avenue, the main thoroughfare in the town of Ajax, Ontario, was named after him. In the 1956 film, The Battle of the River Plate, Harwood was played Anthony Quayle. Victory in the Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval engagement of the Second World War, was a great boost to British morale during the Phoney War.When war broke out in September 1939, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, commanded Hans SOUTH AMERICA THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE (13th December 1939) Mr Leslie Thomas Dennis, ex-PO, Royal Navy On 16 January 1939, we commissioned HMS AJAX for a stint of two and a half years on the South Atlantic Station. At the end of There are some wild ones in there. I strongly recommend The Battle of The River Plate Dudley Pope for a more accurate version. Despite the lack of Action Reports from the Graf Spee (destroyed after the battle),the battle can still be told relatively News: 8 December 2014 On 13 December 1939, the crew of HMS ACHILLES engaged the German pocket battleship ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE, off the coast of Uruguay, on the River Plate. The ship, loaned to New Zealand the Royal Navy and crewed on the whole With Henry Harwood, Hans Langsdorff, Michael Praed. On December 13th 1939, the first great naval battle of World War II took place off the coast of Uruguay. Known as the 'Battle of the River Plate', it set as rivals two great naval officers in a deadly psychological River Plate has all the ingredients to retain its South American title against Flamengo. HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. B.W. Taylor, RN) ended her 1st war patrol at Dakar. (3) More on this in the article 'The Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939'. Battle of the River Plate When HMS Achilles opened fire on the German 'pocket battleship' Admiral Graf Spee on 13 December 1939, it became the first NZ unit to engage the enemy in the Second World War. Seventy five years later, the Battle of the River Plate still Oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches (80 x 120 cm) Early in the morning, 13 th december 1939.The german battleship Admiral Graf Spee firing the This was the first major naval action of the Second World War: as Churchill said OF THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE, 13 DECEMBER 1939 HMS EXETER Veterans leave for Chile, Uruguay and Argentina to recall events of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939. 13, 1939, off the Río de la Plata estuary a British search group consisting of the cruisers The fight that the British had anticipated never took place: Captain
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