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| 1939 | Battle of River Plate |  |
| Dec Montevideo Langsdorff consults his command in Germany & receives orders forbidding internment in Uruguay |
| 8th Dec River Plate The Graf Spee has sunk 9 merchant ships, not a single life had been lost |
| 13th Dec Montevideo Allowed to stay for 24 hours under the terms of the Hague convention of 1907 |
| 13th Dec Montevideo The Graf Spee enters the neutral port of Montevideo |
| 14th Dec Montevideo The Graf Spee entered Montevideo in neutral Uruguay & drops anchor, a political error, as Uruguay, while neutral, favoured the Allies |
| 15th Dec River Plate Buries the casualties of the battle |
| 17th Dec River Plate Decides to scuttle his ship in the Plate Estuary to avoid unnecessary loss of life for no military advantage, against Hitler's will |
| 17th Dec River Plate The crew are evacuated & the Graf Speee is scuttled, Langsdorf then shoots himself |
| 1939 | Sinking Graf Spee | |
| 17th Dec River Plate Decides to scuttle his ship in the Plate Estuary to avoid unnecessary loss of life for no military advantage, against Hitler's will |
