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The German Navy ordered 21...

history · 19 August 1939 · 85 years ago

The German Navy ordered 21 submarines and two capital ships to prepare for sailing at any given time. The captains of Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland received orders to go to Brazilian and North Atlantic waters, respectively. 

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