Why Is the Graf Spee Still in a South American River

Germany's most feared pocket battleship is still sitting in a South American river. 86 years later. 11 metres down. No plan to move it. The Admiral Graf Spee sank nine ships in three months without killing a single merchant sailor. Then it was tricked into destroying itself by a British fleet that wasn't there. The captain shot himself three days later in a Buenos Aires hotel room, wrapped in an old Imperial flag. What most people don't know: British intelligence secretly bought the wreck to steal the radar technology. A Nazi eagle was pulled off the stern in 2006 and locked in a sealed crate in a Uruguayan naval warehouse. It's still there. Nobody can agree what to do with it. This video covers what actually happened in those 72 hours in Montevideo — and why the wreck is still sitting exactly where it sank. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss the next one 🔔 Information in this video comes from the following sources: Admiral Graf Spee — Wikipedia Battle of the River Plate — Wikipedia Hans Langsdorff — Wikipedia Death of the Graf Spee — Warfare History Network Battle of the River Plate — historyofwar.org The Battle of the River Plate — National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy Battle of River Plate 13th December 1939 — royalmarineshistory.com Battleship Suicide: A Nazi Captain Was Tricked Into Killing His Warship — The National Interest