An Uruguayan worker directs the 2006 salvage of the eagle from the World War II German warship Admiral Graf Spee, in Montevideo. (Marcelo Hernandez/AP) MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — A court in Uruguay ruled ...

MONTEVIDEO -- I watched from the vantage point of an airplane while explosions wrecked the doomed German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and she sank in the estuary of the river Plate. The pilot ...

The loss of the Graf Spee was a blow to the prestige of Hitler’s small but expensive navy, for which even the loss of a single heavy warship was significant. Within six months, the Bismarck would join ...

Key point: In the Battle of the River Plate, psychology counted as much—and perhaps more—than firepower. Just before he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, the German officer penned a ...

Oscar-nominated “City of God” DoP Cesar Charlone, who went on to direct “3%,” South America’s first Netflix series, is set to co-direct and serve as cinematographer on “Graf Spee,” a six-part human ...

It was a ship that wasn't supposed to exist. It was never supposed to be found. And now, somehow, they had it trapped. Through the haze off Uruguay's coast, a silhouette emerged—the most feared ...

A man poses with the eagle from the World War II Nazi German battleship the Graf Spee in this archive photo form 2006 - Copyright AFP STRINGER A man poses with the ...

The eagle was recovered in 2006 from the Nazi ship 'Admiral Graf Spee,' after almost seven decades underwater - Copyright POOL/AFP Angelos TZORTZINIS The eagle was ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A court in Uruguay ruled Friday that the government must sell a huge Nazi bronze eagle that was recovered off the South American country’s coast in 2006. The eagle with a ...