Battle of the River Plate

At the outbreak of World War II, England's naval superiority was manifest. The restrictions imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles prevented the creation of a fleet capable of facing the English with chances of success. And although as a result of the naval agreement concluded between the two powers in 1935, Germany gave a great boost to the construction of battle units, when the war broke out on September 1, 1939, Great Britain continued to hold power in all the seas.

The «Admiral Graf Spee», was a pocket battleship that was built by Germany within the narrow margins that had been granted by the victors of the First World War. Its power was inferior to that of most of the ships of the line of other nations, but its construction had been carried out with the care and attention required so that its quality compensated as much as possible for its reduced tonnage and smaller caliber. of her guns, compared to other battleships...

Battle of the River Plate is a story belonging to the World War II collection, a series of war novels set in World War II.