Battle of the River Plate
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battle-of-the-river-plate-176-8737205
title:
Battle of the River Plate
text:
The Battle of the River Plate was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first naval battle of the Second World War. The Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, commanded by Captain Hans Langsdorff, engaged a Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood, comprising the light cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Achilles and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter. Graf Spee had sailed into the South Atlantic in August 1939, before the war began, and had begun commerce raiding after re
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
First naval battle of the Second World War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_River_Plate
date created:
2002-01-18T15:06:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T16:28:36Z
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13
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