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In the Second World War mankind sank to abysmal levels of inhumanity But in the first months of the war Captain Hans Langsdorff gave the World a matchless example of courage personal integrity and human compassion On December 13 1939 a great seabattle in the South Atlantic captured international news headlines One of Germanys fabled pocket battleships Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee had engaged three British cruisers in the South Atlantic off Uruguay Six decades after the Battle of the River Plate significant details remain obscure Captain Langsdorffs major role is misunderstood and unexplained History recognizes his impeccable compliance with the Hague conventions but casts doubt on his martial qualities Today an objective analysis of the facts shows clearly that Langsdorffs military decisions were justified This exceptional officer gave his life in an honorable way but suffered discredit For the first time his story is revealed in detail He deserves his day in court
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In the Second World War mankind sank to abysmal levels of inhumanity But in the first months of the war Captain Hans Langsdorff gave the World a matchless example of courage personal integrity and human compassion On December 13 1939 a great seabattle in the South Atlantic captured international news headlines One of Germanys fabled pocket battleships Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee had engaged three British cruisers in the South Atlantic off Uruguay Six decades after the Battle of the River Plate significant details remain obscure Captain Langsdorffs major role is misunderstood and unexplained History recognizes his impeccable compliance with the Hague conventions but casts doubt on his martial qualities Today an objective analysis of the facts shows clearly that Langsdorffs military decisions were justified This exceptional officer gave his life in an honorable way but suffered discredit For the first time his story is revealed in detail He deserves his day in court
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The Deutschlandclass ships were the first heavy vessels of the German Navy after the First World War In Germany they were classified as Panzerschiffe but in other countries the term pocket battleships was very popular The third and last vessel of this class was Admiral Graf Spee She was laid down on 1 October 1932 launched on 30 June 1934 and commissioned on 6 January 1936 During the Spanish Civil War the ship patrolled coastal waters of this country Before the outbreak of the Second World War on 21 August 1939 the ship steamed out for the Atlantic From 26 September she was fighting Allied shipping sinking nine British vessels On the morning of 13 December Graf Spee encountered a group of Allied warships the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles near South American coast The gun battle that ensued went to the history as the Battle of the River Plate Both the Exeter and her German enemy were damaged during the course of the engagement The commander of Graf Spee Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff decided to break off the battle and enter the nearby port of Montevideo in Uruguay According to the international law the German corsair could not stay in a neutral port longer than 72 hours Convinced that massive British forces were concentrating in the vicinity and hence the escape was impossible Langsdorf decided to save the crew and scuttle the ship On 17 December Admiral Graf Spee steamed to the roadstead and there the explosive charges were fired The German ship sunk in shallow waters and her commander shot himself three days later in a hotel in Buenos Aires The wreckage was penetrated even during the war by British divers in order to recover more valuable items and obtain information about German technology In the postwar years many single parts of the ship were recovered
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Yates recounts the story of German Admiral Spees eight ships and his involvement in hitandrun attacks and two major sea battles He includes material on several German and British ship and squadron commanders and provides an overview of the opening months of WWI in the Indian Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Contains bampw photos and maps details of warships and a note on naval gunnery Annotation copyright Book News Inc Portland Or
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The text part of this book describes technical specifications of the ship and her operational history in detail This is accompanied by more than 100 color illustrations showing Admiral Graf Spees appearance during the Battle of River Plate Elements that are shown in detail include armament rangefinders radar searchlights catapult with aircraft etc In addition superstructures different camouflage schemes from the 1939 raid are shown Blueprints in 1350 1200 1100 and 150 scales general views and details are included on a separate sheet This publication is an invaluable help to any modeler working on this ships replica
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This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty Originally classified and designed for internal use only these histories are published here for the first time The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 19391941 that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German Warships Birsmark and Graf Spee and record the struggle to rid the seas of the menace of the armed merchants raiders
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The Deutschland Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee were revolutionary warships when they first appeared in the 1930s and proved formidable opponents in World War IIThis reference book a companion to Battleships of the Bismarck Class and Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class traces the development of the class and charts its wartime career Detailed statistical information is included with the career history of each vessel supplemented by extracts from the ships logs and official battle reports The text is supported by illustrations throughout technical plans camouflage drawings and hundreds of photographs
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This is an indispensable book for anyone wanting to know more about the before during and after of the Battle of the River Plate the naval tactics that were employed the games of diplomacy the honor of the captains and crews and the ground breaking technology involved The book takes a balanced view of prewar and postwar events that shaped those years and of Argentinas willingness to take the crew of the Graf Spee in and offer them refuge which proved to be beneficial to both communities For those with an interest in social history the book tells the fascinating story of the changes that the arrival of 200 young German sailors in the foothills of the Sierras de Cordoba meant for what in 1940 had been a small village Villa General Belgrano where their traditions still endure The technical details of the Graf Spee are set out in an Appendix at the back of the book where readers with an interest in such things will be able to find a comprehensive description of her own fascinating story and details of her armaments and capabilities in both words and numbers The illustrations have been carefully selected in an attempt to reflect what that era was really like and the context in which she was built Contents include The Kriegsmarine Life on board The outbreak of war Battle stations Buenos Aires to Capilla Vieja Illustrious name Illustrious ship and both the early and final years
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The text part of this book describes technical specifications of the ship and her operational history in detail This is accompanied by more than 100 color illustrations showing Admiral Graf Spees appearance during the Battle of River Plate Elements that are shown in detail include armament rangefinders radar searchlights catapult with aircraft etc In addition superstructures different camouflage schemes from the 1939 raid are shown Blueprints in 1350 1200 1100 and 150 scales general views and details are included on a separate sheet This publication is an invaluable help to any modeler working on this ships replica
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This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty Originally classified and designed for internal use only these histories are published here for the first time The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 19391941 that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German Warships Birsmark and Graf Spee and record the struggle to rid the seas of the menace of the armed merchants raiders
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This compelling new study of the Battle of the River Plate focuses on Hans Langsdorff the commander of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee Written from the German commanders point of view Miller provides a gripping narrative of his mission to prey on merchant shipping Operating alone and thousands of miles away from home with no prospect of support Langsdorff had to grapple with the enormous burden of a lone command This fascinating reexamination of his actions and his leadership confirms Langsdorff s reputation as one of the most admired officers of the Kriegsmarine who may have placed too much trust in the flawed design of the Graf Spee as a pocket battleship
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Despite being relatively unknown compared to famous ships like Graf Spee or Bismarke or the more famous Uboats the Auxiliary Cruisers were immensely successful not only in the number of enemy ships they sank but in the resources which were tied up trying to track them down The Royal Navys auxiliary cruisers tended to be merchant vessels used to protect convoys from attack The German Auxiliary Cruisers however heavily armed and usually carried torpedo tubes as well as guns and even some
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This text offers an account of a key operation of World War II For much of the war the powerful German battleship Tirpitz had dominated the Atlantic and was a deadly adversary of the Allied convoys The Royal Navy had achieved notable successes in sinking the Graf Spee in 1939 and the Bismarck in 1941 but from its base in Norway Tirpitz effectively blocked the convoy routes to North Russia and threatened the possibility of a destructive breakout into the Atlantic British midget submarines and Soviet and Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm torpedo bombers all tried to destroy Tirpitz in port but only succeeded in temporarily immobilizing her Parallel to these efforts were those of inventor Dr Barnes Willis of the bouncing bomb who strove to perfect a similar bomb for use against Tirpitz by the specially formed No 618 Squadron RAF Protracted trials and technical problems dogged the programme and by late 1943 it was deemed to late for success Meanwhile the Royal Navys midget submarine took place and torpedo bombers had some success although by mid1944 Tirpitz remained a menace Barnes Willis however continued to develop a bomb capable of piercing concrete and armour resulting in the 12000lb Tallboy ballistic bomb used by Lancaster bombers in a raid on Tirpitz in September 1944 Following two more attacks the solitary dinosaur was finally destroyed
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Days before the outbreak of World War II a handful of German commerce raiders put out to sea to prey on Allied merchantmen Among them was the Panzerschiffe armored ship Graf Spee a formidable warship that boasted the firepower of a battleship but had the size speed and range of a cruiser When World War II commenced the Graf Spee under the command of Captain Langsdorff began a hunting spree across the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean that eventually took her to the River Plate in search of her next victiman Allied convoy Instead she found three Royal Navy cruisers under the command of Commodore Harwood eager to put an end to the pocket battleship that had been terrorizing Allied merchant shipsFeaturing full color artwork archive photographs and meticulous research this comprehensive volume explores the thrilling story behind the Battle of the River Plate an engagement that unquestionably demonstrated the effectiveness of British seapower and diplomacy on an international stage
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The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War and it is one of the most famous The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939 Over the last 60 years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodmans enthralling new studyThis author has made it all so very riveting it really is a book which is hard to put down until finished Royal Geographical SocietyGraphic thought provoking highly recommended Britain at War
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Recounts the pursuit and capture of the Graf Speea notorious battleship and a formidable element in Nazi Germanys offenseas twenty ships chased the vessel as far as South America
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From the front flap of this 219 page book An enthralling account of the men ships and tactics which culminated in the gallant naval action that so brilliantly began Britains war at sea On 13 December 1939 the lightly armored cruisers HMS Ajax Achilles and Exeter opened fire on the powerful Graf Spee Germanys latest pocket battleship and commerce raider This is not just an account of the strategies and logistics of the battle itself but also of diplomats admirals seamen and spies The Graf Spee was not only concerned with destroying the enemys ships but even more vital her task was to disrupt their seaborne commerce Twenty powerful ships in nine hunting groups eventually hunted the Graf Spee nearly all of them withdrawn from other vital naval operations Thus the Graf Spee ultimately affected the ships steaming the oceans of the world and the lives of soldiers and airmen fighting on many battlefields Although she was destroyed in the last days of 1939 the Allies were still reaping the benefit of Commodore Harwoods victory in 1943 and 1944
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The Deutschland Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee were revolutionary warships when they first appeared in the 1930s and proved formidable opponents in World War IIThis reference book a companion to Battleships of the Bismarck Class and Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class traces the development of the class and charts its wartime career Detailed statistical information is included with the career history of each vessel supplemented by extracts from the ships logs and official battle reports The text is supported by illustrations throughout technical plans camouflage drawings and hundreds of photographs
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The fourth offering in the series that includes Wehrmacht Luftwaffe and Panzer Kriegsmarine brings you the story of the naval forces of the Third Reich Even without a large surface fleet German ships like the Graf Spee Bismarck and Tirpitz kept Allied forces occupied while the Uboat fleet proved a formidable force beneath the waves All categories of German vessels are explored accompanied by an authoritative history of the Kriegsmarine
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A distinguished British maritime writer Woodman offers a compelling reassessment of the British and German planning that led to the first and one of the most famous naval battles of World War II The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America in December 1939 is seen as one of the classics of naval warfare Woodman argues that the longaccepted interpretation of events is ripe for closer scrutiny and reevaluation Using eyewitness accounts he graphically reconstructs the daylong battle and pursuit and draws penetrating portraits of the battles opposing commanders This important new work is certain to become the subject of close study and debate
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