To: Tallguy
The deception worked: Capt. Langsdorff was convinced that he was going to run into a British Battle Fleet instead of a few damaged light cruisers, and so he slipped anchor with a skeleton crew and scuttled the shipWas this the reason he committed suicide? He found out he'd been fooled?
39 posted on
02/12/2006 4:57:23 AM PST by
Balding_Eagle
(God has blessed Republicans with political enemies who have dementia.)
To: Balding_Eagle
Was this the reason he committed suicide? He found out he'd been fooled?Langsdorf & his crew were interned after the scuttling of the Graf Spee. It was very shortly thereafter that the Captain committed suicide. I would imagine that he stated his reasons in a note, but I just don't recall the specifics...
40 posted on
02/13/2006 3:08:54 PM PST by
Tallguy
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