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Neutral Mapia Stopped and Released

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1939

Hans Langsdorff16 November 1939

Indian Ocean · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Langsdorff stops the Dutch merchant Mapia but releases the neutral vessel after establishing that it cannot lawfully be taken.

Names involved

Hans Langsdorff

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