| LC control no. | sh 85114155 |
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| Topical heading | River Plate, Battle of the, 1939 |
| Variant(s) | Plate, Battle of the, 1939 Punta del Este, Battle of, 1939 Rio de la Plata, Battle of the, 1939 Rio de la Plata, Battle of the, Uruguay, 1939 |
| See also | World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean |
| Found in | Britannica Micro.: v. 5, p. 404 (Graf Spee: after sinking several merchant ships in the Battle of the Atlantic, it was sighted on Dec. 13, 1939, off the Rio de la Plata estuary by a british search group. At 6:14 Harwood's three ships attacked ...) LC database, May 20, 2002 (battle of the River Plate; battle of the Plate) Oxford companion to WWII, 1995 (River Plate, battle of) Sanderson, M. Sea battles, 1975 (River Plate; 300 mi. east of the Plate estuary) |
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