Originally Posted by selmer
W.E.B. Griffin does a nice historical fiction series on the Argentina angle of WWII, including the Graf Spee and the attempted repairs and the O.S.S. interfering. I'm not sure how precisely accurate it is, but it is definitely based on broad historical story.


W.E.B Griffin wouldn't be American can any chance? wink

It was actually the British Secret Service who managed to convince the Graf Spays Captain that the Royal Navy had a number of battleships waiting for him should he leave. In reality, the battleships were still enroute and a number of days away and the Graf Spay would have only faced a number of smaller ships had she left after 72 hours..


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