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ISBN: 9781590130964 - The Battle of the River Plate
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The Battle of the River Plate

The Hunt for the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee

Dudley Pope

ISBN: 9781590130964
Format: Hardback
Publisher:McBooks Press


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The Battle of the River Plate follows the machinations of the German war machine as Kapitan zur See Hans Langsdorff commands the pocket battleship Graf Spee on a mission to cripple British shipping. Through clever subterfuge and daring, the Graf Spee takes ship after ship, ultimately forcing the British Navy to send twenty ships in search of the elusive Spee.

In the estuary of the River Plate along the southeast coast of South America, the final battle is joined…

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This tale of the Battle of the River Plate follows the machinations of the German war machine as Kapitan zur See Hans Langsdorff commands the pocket battleship Graf Spee on a mission to cripple British shipping. Through clever subterfuge and daring, the Graf Spee takes ship after ship, ultimately forcing the British Navy to send twenty ships in search of the elusive Spee.
 
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