Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Admiral Graf Spee
Captain Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (1894 - 1939), German naval officer and commander of the Admiral Graf Spee pocket-battleship which was scuttled after the Battle of River Plate near Montevideo in Uruguay. Langsdorff shot himself shortly afterwards on 19th December 1939. This is one of the last photographs taken of him
Picture No
13732056
Media ID
45395257
Size
4300px x 4351px
(1.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in the Illustrated London News, 13th January 1940. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
Dec-39
