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The Battle of the River Plate

by Richard Woodman
Christopher Summerville
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A study and reassessment of the major World War II battle in the South Atlantic between the British and German navies.
The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last sixty years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman’s enthralling new study.
Praise for The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion
“This author has made it all so very riveting, it really is a book which is hard to put down until finished.” —Royal Geographical Society
“Graphic, thought provoking—highly recommended.” —Britain at War

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Series: Campaign Chronicles Publisher: Pen & Sword Books

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  • ISBN: 9781844689538
  • Release date: September 7, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781844689538
  • File size: 4834 KB
  • Release date: September 7, 2012

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History Military Nonfiction

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English

A study and reassessment of the major World War II battle in the South Atlantic between the British and German navies.
The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last sixty years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman’s enthralling new study.
Praise for The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion
“This author has made it all so very riveting, it really is a book which is hard to put down until finished.” —Royal Geographical Society
“Graphic, thought provoking—highly recommended.” —Britain at War

Expand title description text
History Military Nonfiction