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Ajax Launches Torpedoes at Graf Spee

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

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Chronological records

1939

Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse13 December 1939

River Plate · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Woodhouse's cruiser launches torpedoes during the close phase of the action, forcing Graf Spee to manoeuvre away.

Names involved

Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse

Provenance

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