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Victory at Sea Beneath The Southern Cross
War in the South Atlantic
Release Date: January 11, 1953 ... (Episode #10)


Episode # 10. The Battle of the South Atlantic is the main theme of this show. The German pocket battleship Graf Spree starts it out by sinking thousands of tons of merchant ships, both neutral and of ally descent until the three British cruisers led by Devonshire forced the battleship into port at Uruguay. The Graf Spree decided to escape by scuttling itself. The German raider Atlantis also wrecked havoc in the southern seas, but met a different death as it was simply blasted out of existence. Brazil joined in the side of the Allies and together with the United States formed convoys to help supply the Allies efforts in Africa to defeat the Axis. With control of the South Atlantic, Allied shipping almost always came made it through in the fight for victory. World War II Victory at Sea South Atlantic German Pocket Battleship British Graf Spee Allies United States

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[FatherJudgement]

Great Series

[2bn442RCT]

I love the music!

[Wollemand]

You are right.. But the narrator is a totally brainwashed.. murder here and evil nazi there..

This is onely 1939 and it was still a gentlemans war.. The Graf Spee never harmed a single crewmember of the merchants she sunk

[2bn442RCT]

Yes I know. Only some of the current History Channel produced shows out do this.

[mrsticks28]

The narrator reads the script. Remember this goes back to 1952, seven short years after the war's end. A little dramatic yes. Regarding the History Channel, you had to have been involved in WWII as my uncle was in Italy. If the vets will even talk to you, you'll find out things were worse than even the History Channel portrays...