16 November 1939
Neutral Mapia Stopped and Released
Langsdorff stops the Dutch merchant Mapia but releases the neutral vessel after establishing that it cannot lawfully be taken.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Indian Ocean in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Langsdorff stops the Dutch merchant Mapia but releases the neutral vessel after establishing that it cannot lawfully be taken.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Indian Ocean. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.