💭Did you know ...the Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval clash of World War II, and it ended without a clear battlefield winner? On December 13, 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee faced three Allied cruisers off South America, HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMNZS Achilles. Though outgunned, the Allied force damaged Graf Spee’s fuel system badly enough to decide her fate. Trapped by diplomacy and British deception in Montevideo, the German captain chose to scuttle hi

USS Salem depicted the German pocket battleship, Admiral Graf Spee, in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate. - The Battle of The River Plate #reel #reels #reelsinstagram #reelsvideo #reelitfeelit #trending #trendingreels #trend #viral #viralvideos #viralreels #video #ship #navy #usnavy #usssalem #cruiser #grafspee #battleoftheriverplate #batalladelriodelaplata #movie #film #instagood | Ships & Models by Erick Navas