Langsdorff Labeled Hero or Not in Navy Forum
Retired Captain John H. CrAige discusses Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee, weighing whether obedience to Hitler’s orders justified hero status. He contrasts Langsdorff with Nelson, Grenville, and Von Spee, noting the inevitability of battle, death, and the perils of living to tell the tale.
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John H. Craige U
Marine Corps
New York
INS
Hans Langsdorff
Admiral Graf Spee
Winstari
Therga
Nelson
Barham
Graf Spee
Plate River
Langsdorff
Hitler
Reich
Langsdorf
John Paul Jones
Britain
Wiliam
Trafalgar
U.S
England
Richard Grenville
The
Revenge
Drunken Dick
John Barleycorn
Flores
Azores
Tennyson
Graf von Spee
von Spee
Falkland Island
von Gneismau
Old von Spee
Graf Spee sinks after scuttling off Uruguay shores
An eye witness account describes the Graf Spee firing explosions and sinking within Montevideo harbor after leaving neutral refuge under pressure from Uruguayan authorities. British ships including Cumberland Ajax and Achilles were reported nearby with Dunkerque guarding offshore.
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Langsdorff
Argentina
Washington
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Pale. S. B
America
Montevideo
Cumberland
Ajax
Achilles
Dunkerque
Uruguayan
Tacoma
Buenos Aires
Graf Spee sinks at Montevideo after battle
The Graf Spee was driven into Montevideo harbor by three British cruisers and exploded twice more as it sank. German and Uruguayan officials clashed over deadlines and repairs, while Americas sought unity on the crisis and future sea battles.
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Montevideo
Graf Spee
Associated Press
Phoio
Berlin
D.N.B
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Otto Langmann
Legation
Uruguay
Langsdorff
Langmann
Council of Ministers
Republic of
Here
Buenos Aires
Admiral Graf Spee
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Americas
Alberto Guani
Six Hundred Graf Spee Crew Arrive in Buenos Aires
Six hundred sailors from the Graf Spee reach Buenos Aires aboard two tugboats and a barge from Montevideo where the ship was scuttled. The vessels belong to Antonio Delfino’s German navigation agents. Crowds greet the sailors as they land, spared by their ship’s scuttling.
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Buenos Aires
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Antonio Delfino
Plaie
Typhoid Vaccine Used With X-Ray to Treat Brain Inflammation
Cleveland doctors report using typhoid vaccine with brain X-rays to treat encephalitis. About 25 percent of cases are fatal and 40 percent result in serious mental disorders. The treatment, termed typhoid fever shock, caused chills and fever with hair loss that regrows. four patients were observed, with need for longer follow up to assess relapses.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Eyewitness On Plane Describes Spee Sinking End
An eyewitness account from a plane over the sea details the battle involving the Admiral Graf Spee and the Tacoma. The Graf Spee fires on the Tacoma as diversion boats depart and the British cruiser nears, ending with the Spee ablaze and its crew at attention.
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Admiral Graf Spee
Spee
Tacoma
Graf Spee
86 Year-Old Woman Stops Break-In and Helps Catch Suspect
An 86-year-old widow, Mrs. Mary Aslon, frightened off intruder William Janko after he tried to enter her home. Police arrived to find neighbor R. M. Hendricks pinning Janko in the kitchen as she kept him at bay with an empty revolver. Janko fled to the back door before fleeing.
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St. Paul
William Janko
Mary Aslon
R. M. Hendricks
Janko
Hendrick
Hendricks
Spee Met Her Doom in River Plate Battle Sinking Graf Spee
The German pocket battleship Graf Spee fought Exeter Ajax and Achilles near Montevideo then fled to harbor. After Dutch sea duty and heavy shelling, she sank herself in River Plate, with 35 Germans killed and 60 wounded. Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles suffered casualties. Spee was lost.
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Graf Spee
Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Graff Spee
Montevideo
Great Britain
Uruguay
Ner Neural Harbor
Germany
Ajaxias
Tacoma
River Plate
British Naval Case
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Achillés
Passengers of Argentina React to Graf Spee Sighting
Passengers aboard the Argentina moored at Montevideo after a South Atlantic voyage expressed disappointment and anger upon learning the German pocket battleship Graf Spee had been scuttled. Captain Donovan noted unease before the sinking news.
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Montevideo
United States
Argentina
Admiral Graf Spee
Moore-McCormack
Brazil
South Atlantic
William Donovan
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Navy Department
Navy Egulations
Star Spee
Bloo
United Press
Duich
Spears
Hague
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Auck Road
Francia Coureen
West” Eld
James Cowheady
Pertussin
Relia
Dept
Washington St
New York City
Rudolph
Mamive
Ture
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