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1939 Battle of the River Plate...



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December 14, 1939

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 14, 1939

* Battle of the River Plate
* Pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee
* Argentina & Uruguay


The top of the front page has a four column headline: "British Ships Defeat Nazi Raider, Driving Her into Montevideo Port After Running Battle of 14 Hours" with subheads and related map. Photo on page 5. (see) Notice the reporter at this publication got the name of the German warship mixed up with the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.

Category: The 20th Century