BRITISH NAVY TRAPS GERMAN FLAGSHIP ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE
River Plate Estuary, Uruguay • December 13, 1939 In the first months of World War II only Great Britain’s Royal Navy, under the leadership of 65‑year-old First Lord of the Admiralty (in May 1940, Prime Minister) Winston Churchill, prosecuted the war against Nazi Germany with energy. After U‑boats had sunk the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous…