Battle of the river Plate

[Diagram by types of ship]

Start: Wednesday December 13, 1939

Naval fight off Montevideo between a German raider and a British hunter group. The fight ended in a draw but the German pocket battleship was force to scuttle a couple of days later. It was the first significant naval success of the allied during the mock war

Place: Latin America

	Allied	Axis
Forces	Harwood: 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers.	Langsdorff: 1 heavy cruiser.
Losses	1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser damaged. 1 heavy cruiser damaged.	1 heavy cruiser damaged. 1 pocket battleship damaged.

Additional information on the web : [WorldWar2AtSea][Warships1]

Made by LemaireSoft on June 29, 2001