The Battle of the River Plate : the hunt for the German pocket battleship Graf Spee /
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 fo...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Battle of the River Plate : |b the hunt for the German pocket battleship Graf Spee / |c Dudley Pope. |
| 260 | |a Ithaca, N.Y. : |b McBooks Press, |c 2005. | ||
| 300 | |a xvii, 237 pages : |b illustrations, map ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published: London : W. Kimber, 1956. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword / Admiral Sir Edward Parry, KCB -- Preface / Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse, KCB -- Author's introduction -- Loading the dice -- "Total Germany" -- "Make the challenge" -- Sinking the Clement -- "RRR - Clement gunned" -- Prisoners in the Altmark -- Nine ships sunk -- Achilles joins the party -- Casting the net -- Sums on a signal pad -- Graf Spee is trapped -- "Open fire. G 25" -- "Broadsides... shoot" -- Seven hits on Exeter -- Shells and snowballs -- Graf Spee runs away -- Guarding Achilles' heel -- No help at hand -- Langsdorff decides to scuttle -- Graf Spee scuttles herself -- Langsdorff shoots himself. | |
| 520 | |a 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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