To: Jimmy Valentine
Von Spee was a very famous German Admiral in the First World War. His squadron (including the cruisers Scharnhort and Gneisnau) raised havoc in the Southern Atlantic and sank Adm. Christopher Craddock's squadron off the coast of Argentina (I think)he raised havoc in the Pacific and sank Craddock's squadron off the coast of Chile.
The Graf's command was originally based in Tsingtao, China, and was the German East Asia Squadron.
36 posted on
02/04/2004 2:42:29 PM PST by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Poohbah
Damn! Thanks for the clarification. I knew I was off on that (at least I got it right with South America!). If I remember von Spee ran into Sturdee by accident by sailing up to the Falklands where Sturdee's ships were refueling.
Regards,
37 posted on
02/05/2004 3:34:33 AM PST by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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