This crisis precipitated our removal to our war station in the South Atlantic. When that calmed down we went to the Falkland Islands, where we received a tumultuous welcome. An uneventful journey ...

The Battle of the River Plate, December 13, 1939, was the first major naval battle in World War II. The German pocket battleship (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee had been commerce raiding since ...

marking the end to the Battle of the River Plate against British Commonwealth forces at the beginning of World War II, has been ferried by lorry to Punta del Este to be a part of the Memorial site ...

Battle of the River Plate Defeat of the Graf Spee was the first major naval victory for Britain in the last big war. Apart from the strategy involved, it was also an exercise in subterfuge and ...

Powell & Pressburger’s tale of Allied efforts to sink a German warship. In the early days of WWII, the Nazis attack Allied ships. A nuanced portrayal of war.