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The Battle of the La Plata River

2004· 1h 30m

DocumentaryHistory

Directed by Matías Gueilburt

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Overview

Year 1939. In the La Plata river, off the coasts of Uruguay and Argentina, the first naval battle of World War II is being fought. Surrounded by British enemy ships, the captain of the German battleship Graf Spee must make a dramatic decision.

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