To: abb
Damage to HMS Exeter received during the Battle of the River Plate
10 posted on
12/13/2009 5:45:39 AM PST by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: abb
Churchill suggests in the excerpt above that Langsdorff could have prevailed by hanging back out of range of the cruisers' guns and using Spee's superior range to better advantage. That is, by being less aggressive.
12 posted on
12/13/2009 6:08:58 AM PST by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: abb
Wow, that is pretty beat up.
18 posted on
12/13/2009 8:37:57 AM PST by
CougarGA7
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