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	Battle of the River Plate WW2 Naval Battle
		The Battle of the River Plate WW2 Naval Battle
		The Battle of the River Plate (December 13, 1939) was the first major naval battle of World War II, which resulted in the eventual sinking of the German pocket battleship - heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee by scuttling, ending her successful three-month campaign against British merchant shipping.
		Exeter had been severely damaged in the battle, and British propaganda efforts were made to convince Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee that an overwhelming British force was being assembled, when in fact only the heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland was available and was being sent from the Falkland Islands.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/laplata.htm (726 words)

	TRAFALGAR, BATTLE OF,
		The battle began shortly before noon; when it ended, in the late afternoon, some 20 French and Spanish ships had been destroyed or captured, while not a single British vessel was lost.
		THC Classroom: Frontier: The Decisive Battles: Battle of Fallen Timbers.
		The Battle of the River Plate was a ferocious sea battle off the coast of South America between the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=224389 (746 words)

	The Battle of the River Plate (film)
		The Battle of the River Plate (US title: Pursuit of the Graf Spee) is a 1956 British film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
		It portrays the eponymous naval battle of 1939, between a British force of three cruisers (HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles) and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
		Unlike most British war movies of the time, The Battle of the River Plate is notable in treating the German sailors as honourable opponents rather than as cardboard cut-out "Huns".
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/th/the_battle_of_the_river_plate__film_.html (169 words)

	Battle of the River Plate
		The Battle of the River Plate (December 13 1939) was the first major naval battle of World War II, which resulted in the eventual sinking of the German pocket battleship (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee by scuttling, ending her successful three-month campaign against British merchant shipping.
		Exeter had been severely damaged in the battle, and British propaganda efforts were made to convince Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee that an overwhelming British force was being assembled, when in fact only the heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland was available and was being sent from the Falkland Islands.
		He chose to scuttle his ship in the River Plate estuary (December 17) to avoid risk to the crew, a decision that is said to have infuriated Hitler.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_the_river_plate.html (413 words)

	Battle of the River Plate Details, Meaning Battle of the River Plate Article and Explanation Guide
		The Battle of the River Plate (December 13 1939) was the first major naval battle of World War II, which resulted in the eventual sinking of the German pocket battleship - heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee by scuttling, ending her successful three-month campaign against British merchant shipping.
		The British force, comprising the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (6-8in guns) and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles (both 8-6in guns), engaged the German cruiser close to the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, or Silver River, between Argentina and Uruguay.
		The Battle of the River Plate, Capt(Retd) AA Jilani; Defence Journal, December 1999;
	www.e-paranoids.com /b/ba/battle_of_the_river_plate.html (460 words)

	::The Battle of the River Plate::
		The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939.
		The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of World War Two.
		In the Battle of the River Plate, the Graf Spee was to be pitted against British cruisers.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /battle_of_the_river_plate.htm (1747 words)

	The Battle of the River Plate (1956) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		IMDb > The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
		The climactic battle is fought in the middle of the film, and the last third unexpectedly takes place on the docks and in the cafes and embassies of Montevideo, with a festival air and comedy relief.
		All the expository dialogue serves the battle scenes--where the Spee might be, how to attack it, the relationship between the British Commodore and his Captains--and later, the strategies of the Spee's leaving port.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0048990 (570 words)

	GAUGAMELA, BATTLE OF,
		The Persian defeat in the battle signaled the decline of their empire and the opening of the East to the Macedonians.
		On October 1, Alexander began the battle by attacking the Persian left flank.
		Little progress was made until the Persian cavalry became fully engaged on the left flank, leaving the infantry exposed.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=210167 (745 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Eric Grove - The Price of Disobedience: The Battle of the River Plate Reconsidered ...
		This is a new interpretation of the naval Battle of the River Plate that took place in December 1939.
		This battle was fought between a German “pocket battleship”, the Admiral Graf Spee, and three Royal Navy cruisers.
		Encountering multiple enemies was exactly what happened to the Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of South America on the morning of the 13th of December 1939.
	www.epinions.com /content_51612061316 (1568 words)

	Day Of Defeat Network: #1 Fansite
		In December 1939 the German Navy's premier battleship Admiral Graf Spee was engaged in battle off the River Plate estuary, South America.
		Captain Langsdorf, rightly fearing he was trapped and that the British would capture the ship for research purposes, scuttled the ship and comitted suicide on December 17th.
		The Battle of the River Plate ended 1939 on a high note for the British and Allied cause.
	dodnetwork.com /index.php?page=battle-of-the-river-plate (291 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		River Plate F.C was founded in 1901 in the working-class district of La Boca, on the banks of the River Plate itself, an area populated by dock-workers mostly of Italian origin.
		River Plate reached the First Division in 1908 but their greatest rivalry was being nurtured right there in their own neighbourhood.
		Every detail is worth arguing over between the supporters of Boca and River: the number of Argentina internationals in each line-up, the size of their stadiums, the loyalty of their supporters, the murals painted on the walls, the size of their flags, and so on.
	www.fifa.com /en/regulations/magazine/index/0,1569,23942,00.html?articleid=23942 (1745 words)

	The Battle of the River Plate
		The Battle of the River Plate was one of the most significant and fascinating episodes of World War II which shook the very foundations of the German High Command.
		Meanwhile British naval forces were concentrating at the mouth of the River Plate, waiting for the lame and crippled warship to leave neutral waters.
		The Battle of the River Plate was amongst the most memorable and fascinating episodes of World War II.
	www.defencejournal.com /dec99/river.htm (1734 words)

	BBC/OU Open2.net - Timewatch - Battle of the River Plate
		It would become known as the battle of the River Plate and pit two great naval officers against each other in a deadly duel.
		As the world watched, the battle moved ashore in a gripping story of deception, and one of the biggest bluffs of the Second World War.
		The Battle of the River Plate tells the full story of this epic battle through the families and crews of the two commanders.
	www.open2.net /timewatch/riverplate.html (556 words)

	CNN.com - Salvage crew raises key piece of sunken battleship - Feb. 25, 2004
		Scuttled by its captain in the River Plate shortly after the battle, the Graf Spee has remained for decades in waters less than 25 feet (7.5 meters) deep only miles (kilometers) outside the port of Montevideo.
		Tricky river currents and fickle winds on the River Plate estuary had stymied the salvage team ever since it made a first attempt February 9 to pull the top of the command tower from the muddy waters.
		The "Battle of the River Plate" began on December 13, 1939, near the mouth of the river as the German warship was pursued by a battle group consisting of two British warships, HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax, and the HMNZS Achilles of New Zealand.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/02/25/uruguay.graf.spee.ap (587 words)

	CNN.com - Salvage crew struggles to raise German battleship - Feb. 9, 2004
		Battling tricky winds and river currents, salvage experts failed repeatedly Monday in a bid to use a floating crane to raise a piece of the submerged wreckage of a German battleship scuttled off Uruguay in the opening days of World War II.
		Private investors from the United States and Europe are helping to fund a multimillion dollar recovery effort to remove the ship's wreckage piece-by-piece from the River Plate within three years.
		The "Battle of the River Plate" began on December 13, 1939, near the mouth of the river as the German warship was pursued by a battle group consisting of two British light cruisers, HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax, and the HMNZS Achilles of New Zealand.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/02/09/uruguay.battleship.ap (697 words)

	Battle of the River Plate
		At dawn on the 13th December 1939 the Graf Spee was heading for the River Plate area on a last hunt for merchant shipping before returning to Germany.
		The Allied fleet had to manoeuvre to attack in strength, this gave the German warship time to concentrate her fire on the Exeter, knocking out all her guns and opening up a hole in her, which caused flooding.
		During this historic battle HMS Exeter fired some 190 plus 8" inch shells three of which are recorded as having hit the German ship Graf Spee.
	www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk /alf_king/html/battle_of_the_river_plate.htm (695 words)

	Cayman Net News: On both sides of the plate
		This is where the river empties out into the Atlantic and where the water is a mixture of fresh water and seawater.
		The River Plate has been made famous by the movie "The battle on the River Plate," one of the most famous sea battles of the Second World War.
		The battle was a bitter one, during which the Exeter was so damaged it had to head for the Falklands for repairs, and the Gras Spee was able to sail into Buenos Aires where it was allowed to land its wounded, but given forty eight hours to depart.
	www.caymannetnews.com /cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000075/007530.htm (1708 words)

	Langsdorff of the Grafspee
		On December 13, 1939, the Battle of the River Plate burst into world news.
		On Thursday, December 14, 1939, front pages around the world reported the full story of the Battle of the River Plate.
		Naval tradition demanded she battle her way out or go down fighting.
	www.grafspee.com /langs3_thebattle.html (248 words)

	Battle of the River Plate, December 1939
		The Battle of the River Plate, first of World War II's many great sea battles, greatly boosted British prestige and morale, but at considerable cost.
		Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939
		Note the shell fragment scars in her side plating, and the antenna of a "Seetakt" radar mounted on the face of her main battery gun director (top center).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-atl/batlt-41/r-plate.htm (1208 words)

	Battle of the River Plate
		I have beside me a battered journal of the events of the Battle of the River Plate, as they occurred, written for the most part in the cramped confines of my action and Cruising station in the High-angle control tower.
		Commander Richard Jennings, DSO, DSC and Bar, veteran of the Battle of the River Plate, was born on February 11, 1903.
		After the River Plate action, he was promoted to commander and appointed gunnery and operations officer of the battleship Royal Sovereign where in July 1940 he took in the part in Admiral Cunningham's first major engagement of the Mediterranean campaign, the indecisive Battle of Calabria.
	www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/river/river.htm (1593 words)

	Dudley Pope
		Details its reign in the South Atlantic, the battle of the River Plate and the subsequent scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
		Pope explores the damage inflicted upon the German Navy by the British Navy in battles fought mainly by destroyers.
		The battle was one of the classic destroyer battles of the war.
	www.winthrop.dk /dpope4.html (960 words)

	The Battle of the River Plate
		The USS Salem starred as the German Pocket Battleship "Admiral Graf Spee" in the 1956 English movie, "The Battle of the River Plate" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048990/).
		After being chased and damaged in a running sea battle with the British cruisers, HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles, and HMS Exeter in the South Atlantic off of Uruguay, the German sea raider, Graf Spee, under the command of Captain Hans Langsdorff, was forced to seek repairs.
		The Graf Spee made its way to the River Plate estuary (actual name, "Rio de la Plata", meaning 'Silver River' in English) and entered Montevideo harbor in neutral Uruguay where she sought repairs and sanctuary for her wounded sailors while the British ships waited in the estuary outside the harbor.
	www.willshak.com /salem/grafspee.html (443 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - Battle of the River Plate Sinking of Graf Spee
		BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE - On Wednesday, 13 December 1939, a British squadron of three light cruisers, commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood, “HMS Exeter,”; “HMS Ajax” and the New Zealand Cruiser “HMS Achilles,” were on patrol near the mouth of the River Plate.
		It was a frightening prospect being in the path of 12,000 tons of armour-plated battleship with superior firepower, but it was still odd that she should have chosen to come in and fight when she could have dictated the entire battle at long range.
		Battle of the River Plate moved towards its fantastic climax.
	www.gunplot.net /gunners/battleofriverplate.html (4326 words)

	Blackwell Online - The Battle of the River Plate 1939
		Explores the tactics of the battle and the role of surface raiders, this title covers the personality of Captain Langsdorff and the influence of Hitler on the battle.
		The Allies' victory was a terrible blow to German propaganda, and this key opening naval battle changed the course of naval strategy for the rest of World War II.
		This book explores the tactics of the battle and the role of surface raiders, and it covers the personality of Captain Langsdorff and the influence of Hitler on the battle.
	bookshop.blackwell.co.uk /jsp/welcome.jsp?source=rss&isbn=1841769908 (244 words)

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