Bob McDob
Better Health Through Less Flavor
Since vBulletin apparently doesn't have a split thread adminstration feature, I decide to create a new thread rather than highjacking the old one.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Graf Spee wasn't even that badly damaged - the German commander was just intimidated by the ferocity of the British assault and though that he would be going up against a much greater force than he actually was. That, IIRC, was a direct cause of the reason Bismarck fought so hard rather than surrendering, because Hitler had ordered the Kriegsmarine to fight to the death following Graf Spee.
Mekt-Hakkikt said:How cool you wrote that...
Anyway it was no simple claim it's the truth as you admit. And while it's true for the Bismarck that she was badly beaten up (as I wrote before) it's not that true for the Graf Spee. Still, no thread hijacking.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Graf Spee wasn't even that badly damaged - the German commander was just intimidated by the ferocity of the British assault and though that he would be going up against a much greater force than he actually was. That, IIRC, was a direct cause of the reason Bismarck fought so hard rather than surrendering, because Hitler had ordered the Kriegsmarine to fight to the death following Graf Spee.