Posted on 06/16/2023 2:57:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove of peace, the South American country's president said Friday.
The 350-kilogram (770-pound) "symbol of violence and war" will be turned into a "symbol of peace and union," President Luis Lacalle Pou told journalists in the capital Montevideo.
The two-meter (6.5-foot)-tall bird with a Nazi swastika gripped in its talons adorned the stern of the Admiral Graf Spee, a battleship involved in one of the first naval skirmishes of World War II.
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should be in a museum, it is truly a magnificent piece of art.
My thoughts exactly.. Admiral Graf Spee, A “pocket battleship”, not a destroyer.
I have read that some of the steel salvaged from the Graf Spee was used to make Argentine versions of the Browning Hi-Power (GP-25) pistol for military use.
Just knock out the Swastika and leave the rest of the bronze eagle alone.
Cruiser, apparently basically.
Absolutely no hippie symbols.
Yes, especially this “peace” garbage which makes me want to gag.
It’s mostly nonsense anyway.
I’d keep it as is with a large plaque for other wannabe dictators.
“Hitler envisioned a grand 1000 year reign. He was defeated in less than 6 years by heroes of freedom.”
Hey Uruguay,while you are at it, melt down all your Conquistador stuff,Charrúan indian relics and now that I’m thinking about it, melt down yourselves.
And melt down those two World Cup trophies.
Graf Spee was scuttled there...one of history’s most significant warships.
This is the hot new place to retire in the expat world.
History is history— good or bad you do not change it.
“Why would you destroy history?”
Same thing filthy democrats do here.
Yeah, me too.
Hard to do it again when everyone remembers the first time.
Guess this indicates what we’re in for.
Early trans, huh?
G Gordon Liddy talked about the pistols on his show one time.
The steel was very good he said and they made some tremendous weapons from the steel
Rewriting history always ends well.
Same thing the Taliban does.
Definitely belongs in a museum.
Apparently none in Uruguay!
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