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Captain Hans Langsdorff, “The Battle of the River Plate”, 1956.

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Captain Hans Langsdorff, “The Battle of the River Plate”, 1956.

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Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After the Panzerschiff (Deutschland-class cruiser) was unable to escape a pursuing squadron of Royal Navy ships, Langsdorff scuttled his ship. Three days later he committed suicide in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Seventy-five years on, the Battle of the River Plate still captures the imagination

Seventy-five years on, the remarkable, heroic story of the Battle of the River Plate still captures the imagination.

The story of the Battle of the River Plate has entered into folklore, not only for the bravery of those who took part, but for the honourable way in which they behaved, despite facing what may have seemed like impossible odds. This remarkable story was immortalised in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, known in the US as Pursuit of the Graf Spee, and starred Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch…

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Funérailles du Capitaine Hans Langsdorff, Buenos Aires, décembre 1939