Hans Langsdorf8 December 1939
The Graf Spee has sunk 9 merchant ships, not a single life had been lost
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The Graf Spee has sunk 9 merchant ships, not a single life had been lost
The Graf Spee enters the neutral port of Montevideo. Allowed to stay for 24 hours under the terms of the Hague convention of 1907
Buries the casualties of the battle
The crew are evacuated & the Graf Speee is scuttled, Langsdorf then shoots himself. Decides to scuttle his ship in the Plate Estuary to avoid unnecessary loss of life for no military advantage, against Hitler's will
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