Sinking of Admiral Graf Spee
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:event
gptkb:marine |
gptkbp:aftermath |
Captain Langsdorff committed suicide
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gptkbp:cause |
damage sustained in battle
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:date |
17 December 1939
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sinking of Admiral Graf Spee
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gptkbp:involvedCommander |
gptkb:Hans_Langsdorff
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gptkbp:involvedVessel |
gptkb:Admiral_Graf_Spee
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gptkbp:location |
off Montevideo, Uruguay
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
widely reported internationally
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gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:opposingVessel |
gptkb:HMS_Exeter
gptkb:HMS_Ajax gptkb:HMNZS_Achilles |
gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_River_Plate
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:South_Atlantic_naval_operations |
gptkbp:result |
scuttling of Admiral Graf Spee
German crew interned in Argentina and Uruguay |
gptkbp:significance |
first major naval engagement of World War II
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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