Title: Graf Spee's raiders : challenge to the Royal Navy, 1914-1915 /
Authors: Yates, Keith, 1928-
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Spee, Maximilian,; Müller, Karl von,; Germany. History; World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations, German
Abstract: Although many have heard of the German battleship Graf Spee that sank off Montevideo in 1939, few know anything about the naval hero it was named after and the crucial role Admiral Spee played in the annals of history. In this fascinating story, the author relates how early in World War I Spee and his gallant men gave the Imperial German Navy the confidence to challenge the Royal Navy's long-held supremacy at sea. He offers a lively narrative of the short but dramatic.