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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 85636

Funeral procession of Captain Hans Langsdorff
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Commanding Officer of the German Armored Ship Admiral Graf Spee

At Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21 December 1939.
Captain Langsdorff had shot himself on 20 December, after scuttling his ship on 17 December.

Courtesy of Louis A. Davison, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 3 August 2006