The Battle of the River Plate

Campbell: 1940 London, bound 256 pages.  A concise narrative of the first major naval engagement of the Second World War, when British cruisers confronted the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of South America in December 1939. It describes the chase, the fierce gunnery duel, and the diplomatic drama in Montevideo that ultimately led Captain Langsdorff to scuttle his damaged ship rather than face overwhelming British forces. with photographs. In fair condition