How Britain Tricked a German Battleship into Sinking Itself


M. Peck, Nat. Interest
Just before he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, the German officer penned a final note."For a captain with a sense of honor, it goes without saying that his personal fate cannot be separated from that of his ship," wrote Hans Langsdorff on December 19, 1939, in a hotel room in Buenos Aires. Langsdorff finished his letter to the Nazi ambassador to Argentina, lay down on a German battle flag, and shot himself. http://bit.ly/2ExpHRA