Author: Landsborough, Gordon,
Title: THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE.
Description: Panther/Hamilton and Co. (Stafford) London, 1957, 3rd imp., paperback original, 160pp, 8pp photo ills., 4 maps and diagrams in text, #626, pictorial design upper wrapper, photo pictorial lower wrapper, the battle in December, 1939, between the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles with Germany's pocket battleship Graf Spee, which took refuge in the Uraguayan port of Montevideo, only to be scuttled after the expiry of the 72 hours allowed by neutral ports for warships, together with an account of the subseqquent hunt for the Graf Spee's supply ship Altmark and the release of the British prisoners abord, spine a little sunned, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 navy south atlantic plate montevideo exeter achilles ajax cruiser pocket battleship graf spee altmark


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