1940 End of the Graf Spee II

[the82spartans]

so much fail in so little time, the Nazi's

[djwallbanger]

captain hans langstorff never returned to germany after scuttling the graf spee off the river plate, i believe he is buried in monte video ater his suicide there..he would have been hanged or shot on his return to germany after failing to obay the fuhrers orders.. this was the fate of many germans, the choice was death by there own hand or by one of hitlers henchmen, hitler was a cowerd and a lier and was a really bad military strategist..

[pilkomut]

My Grandad was a Stoker on HMS Exeter. I have his scrap book with photos etc of this action.

[Crobalt]

Los marineros del Graf Spee, luego del hundimiento, emigraron a la Argentina fundando la Villa Gral. Belgrano, un pueblo de aire Tirolés donde se festeja la fiesta nacion de la Cerveza.

[gmansi]

@Crobalt Es cierto, pero algunos quedaron en Uruguay y hace poco tiempo falleció el último de ellos.

[charlesnorte]

@Crobalt Otros fueron alojados en el ex Club Hotel Sierra de la Ventana, muy lujoso, paradójicamente construido por los ingleses de FFCC y cerrado por razones económicos (crisis). Estaba casi abandonado y los "muchachos" hicieron funcionar todo, hasta una Usina a vapor propia. se sentían en el paraíso por el paisaje y las comodidades. Conocí a a cuatro de ellos que se destacaban mucho en sus oficios. Algunos se casaron con "alemanas del Volga" de Coronel Suarez .

[Motzmann1]

Hans Langsdorff - Ein Volk, das solche Söhne geboren hat, wird die Vorsehung wieder zu neuer Grösse erheben!

[Zyworski]

Only having 2 gun houses freed up a lot of space that could have been used for AA positions, The US would have been well served to have adopted such a strategy in the pacific.

[ellebal1111]

The kriegsmarine got scared, pissed their pants and sunk their own ship...and created more polution in the harbour...

[JulioCarlos69]

steven spielberg nunca podra hacer peliculas sobre los nazis porque es un pro judio, los alemanes perdieron la guerra pero quedo demostrado que fueron los mejores

[korruptusextremis]

My great grand dad faught in that ship...

[wickederuhr]

My Great grand father also fought on that ship

[NormanLowell]

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[monteroist]

Ohne zweifel. Diese Seeleute waren Tapfer. Honor a los marinos que cumplen con su deber. (Juan Montero/España)

[TheZuikaku]

de waffen?

[tcrownprince]

WOW

[PrussianLegatee]

3v1 Lachhaft.

[AZ375719]

How in earth you got all of these videos? Magnífico!

[justiciaideal46]

At the moment of leaving Montevideo Harbour, only the central engine was working, all others were saboted, the crew was only 43 seamen and were dropped overboard at the starboard side, all percutors of the artillery guns. All electronic devices were pulverized and complete destroyed in the early afternoon of the 17th.

[justiciaideal46]

The damaged Arado Ar-196 in the catapult wear french insignias.The floatplane was damaged in a recco flight sometime before the battle of the 13-12 and recovered in sinking condition ,but was never repaired.

[mistersmith6000]

Really..was it shot up by the British cruisers?

[AldoAlonso89]

DETROYED IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

[101Dobermanns]

Another great upload skoblinI. Raising the entire wreckage seem virtually impossible as visibility in RiverPlate waters is less than 1m. Hard to believe that such an undertaking can be accomplished with eyes blindfolded. We´ll see...

[IWantToDoThe68]

tanto escombro por unos nazis de mierda

[AldoAlonso89]

el graf spee se undio en costas de URUGUAY, el puerto de montevideo lo autorizo solo 45minutos estar parado ahi, el cual mismos los nazis lo destruyeron antes de ser encontrado por flotas de eeuu en costas de MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

[betochon]

No senor...EEUU aun no estaba en guerra contra Alemania. Eran barcos britanicos los que lo esperaban.

[AldoAlonso89]

aaa puede ser si!!! se que fue aqui en URUGUAY y tengo una idea de lo que paso!! Te mando un abrazo desde Canelones, URUGUAY. tu de donde sos??

[betochon]

Saludos desde Torreon, Mexico!

[AldoAlonso89]

pegate una vuelta por URUGUAY cuando quieras, te esperamos!! ya se han sacado algunas partes del barco y se pusieron en un museo en Montevideo, por ej: el aguila nazi y un pedaso del mirador. hace poco empesaron a buscar partes del barco pero como que dejaron ya.... igual sigue en costas de montevideo. estan muy buenos!!! un abrazo desde Barros Blancos, Canelones, URUGUAY

[pennyfritz]

check out the floatplane at :28...looks like it took a few hits

[Cabinessance]

"PLUCKY"

ROFLMAO.......TWICE.

Spee blew unarmed merchant ships out of the water, still, for some I suppose that qualifies as "plucky".

[Elchupucabra]

Graf Spee was used as a commerce raider ,which it did well. The USA disabled Japan by sinking nearly its entire merchant fleet in the same manner.

[olivenstein]

Sad irony, it being 25 years (in roughly in the same part of the globe) after the death of the Admiral Spee along with the almost total sinking of the Count's plucky squadron against the omnipresent Royal Navy.

"If it had not been for you English, I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship, we found you in our way. In all my plans, I have always been thwarted by the British fleet." Napoleon on his (British)ship ride to St-Helena.