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Index
Cover Page
Other Titles in the Campaign Chronicles Series
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
Background
Sly Advance: The Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee, April 1928-August 1939
Campaign Chronicle
5 August-29 September: ‘The Curtain Lifts’
30 September-9 October: ‘We Are, You See, at War’
10-21 October: ‘A Serious Strain. . .’
22 October-1 December: ‘Even at the Risk of Losing the Ship’
The Allied Hunt
25 October-12 December: ‘The Weakness of Our Intelligence. . .’
The Admiral Graf Spee
2-12 December: ‘No Alternative but to Obey’
13 December, Midnight-06.17: ‘A Fine Target’
British Cruiser Squadron (Force G)
2-12 December: ‘The Plate . . . Was the Vital Area’
13 December, Midnight-06.00: ‘The Squadron Was in Position. . .’
The Admiral Graf Spee
13 December, 06.00-06.17: ‘Signalled for Identification’
British Cruiser Squadron (Force G)
13 December, 06.00-06.17: ‘I Think It Is a Pocket Battleship’
The Battle of the River Plate: Morning Action
13 December, 06.17-07.00: ‘We Zigzagged Continually at High Speed . . .’
13 December, 07.00-08.00: ‘She Looked Vicious and Efficient’
The Battle of the River Plate: Chase to the West
13 December, 07.00-08.06: ‘On Course for the River Plate’
13 December, 08.06-19.15: ‘No Prospect of Shaking off the Shadowers’
The Battle of the River Plate: Evening Action
13 December, 19.15-Midnight: ‘Gloriously Silhouetted Against the Afterglow’
Three Days of Uncertainty
14-16 December: ‘This is Not a Friendly Port to Germany’
Sunset
17 December: ‘That Was That’
Aftermath
21 December, 1939-1946: ‘Home is the Sailor . . .’
Analysis
Roll of Honour
Plates
Bibliography
Index
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