Research Catalog

Title

River Plate 1939 : the sinking of the Graf Spee / Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Tony Bryan.

Author

Konstam, Angus

Publication

London : Osprey Publishing, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bryan, Tony

Description

96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits, color plans; 25 cm.

Summary

"Days before the outbreak of World War II a handful of German commerce raiders put out to sea to prey on Allied merchantmen. Amongst them was the Panzerschiff ('armoured ship') Graf Spee, a formidable warship that boasted the firepower of a battleship but the size, speed and range of a cruiser. When World War II commenced, under the command of Captain Langsdorff the Graf Spee began a hunting spree across the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean that eventual took her to the River Plate in search of her next victim - an Allied convoy. Instead she found three Royal Navy cruisers under the command of Commodore Harwood, eager to put an end to the 'pocket battleship' that had been terrorizing Allied merchant ships."--The publisher's website.

Series Statement

Campaign ; 171

Uniform Title

Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 171.

Alternative Title

Sinking of the Graf Spee

Subject

• Admiral Graf Spee (Battleship)
• 1939
• River Plate, Battle of the, 1939
• Bataille du Río de la Plata, 1939

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781472817952
• 1472817958

OCLC

• 956523113
• SCSB-10899019

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library