Battleships at War - Graf Spee
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No doubt about Langsdorffs caracter, but a lot of his decisions were wrong. There was no reason for searching the battle, he should kept the british ships on distance with his big guns and disappear the following night - not heroic, but the only way to make it back home.
Also he should have anchored in Argentina, which was much more german-friendly, eventually selling the ship to Argentina as they did with Goeben in WWI.
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the ship in the middle of the film is the Scharnhorst
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@derbbus When he was being fired on by the two light cruisers....he could not finish off the heavy.
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@derbbus Yeah, that sort of thing was common for a lot of these Kriegsmarine captains. Still had a bit of chivalry in them.
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@GRAHAM5020 Absolutely.Very few of that era displayed the bravery of Hans Langsdorff.The story of Werner Hartenstein might also be of interest to you.He saved the passengers from the Laconia.Another selfless act.
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@GRAHAM5020 Absolutely.Very few in that era showed the bravery that Langsdorff did.The story of Werner Hartenstein might also be of interest to you.
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@chrysanthos66 The decision to sink the Graff Spee was not a cowardly act .It was an act of bravery that saved many lives.The Graff Spee was surrounded and the potential,unnecessary loss of lives would have been hugh.Langsdorff saw the value in human life and treated his crew and the crews of merchant ships that he sunk,with respect.Certainly not the actions of a coward.
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@chrysanthos66 The decision to sink the Graff Spee was not a cowardly act .It was an act of bravery that saved many lives.The Graff Spee was surrounded and the potential,unnecessary loss of lives would have been hugh.Langsdorff saw the value in human life and treated his crew and the crews of merchant ships that he sunk,with respect.Certainly not the actions of a coward.
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@1815ish Have read many accounts regarding Captain Langsdorff, and i totally agree, he was an honourable man and treated his men and his enemy with respect, british POWs said the same.
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@chrysanthos66 Capt. Langsdorff didn't want to force his crew to pay for his mistake (mistaking the light cruisers for destroyers).
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kapitän langsdorff was a hero.
djscheisse 2 years ago 26
Langsdorff did the unthinkable.......He disengaged the Exeter and showed mercy....A truly remarkable gesture.
derbbus 2 years ago 11