Thirty-seven German sailors were killed in the confrontation and Captain Langsdorff was wounded, along with 57 other of the Graf Spee's men. The Graf Spee was hit more than 30 times by shells ...
In 2006 the Graf Spee's , bronze eagle with the Nazi swastika underneath was resurfaced thus triggering a series of controversies with international repercussions as it is feared to become a cult ...
In 1934 Germany named a new heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in honour of ‘the hero of Coronel’. In December 1939, she was scuttled by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate off the coast ...
Die "Admiral Graf Spee" war zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges im Indischen Ozean und im Südatlantik auf Kaperfahrt und versenkte mehrere britische Frachtschiffe. Im Dezember 1939 lieferte sich ...