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Heavy Cruiser Graf Spee, Singapore Harbour, Wednesday, 24 October 1945
Admiral Langsdorff read the morning report with a certain sense of satisfaction. The visit of his flagship and her consort, Admiral Scheer, to Singapore had thus far gone well. Exchange visits between his ships and those of the resident British squadron had been quite friendly, and his men had been behaving themselves during their liberty ashore. The only fly in the ointment thus far had been the pointedly hostile and stand-offish behaviour of the Australian flotilla. Given the strength of British forces in the Far East, and the general lack of external threats, Langsdorff wondered why the Australians felt it necessary to station such a heavy force – three cruisers and an aviation ship – so far from their home waters. Their presence at least gave his junior officers something to do – many spent their free time photographing them from hired boats and dreaming of articles appearing in Wehrgedanken des Auslands.
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Heavy Cruiser Graf Spee, Singapore Harbour, Wednesday, 24 October 1945
Admiral Langsdorff read the morning report with a certain sense of satisfaction. The visit of his flagship and her consort, Admiral Scheer, to Singapore had thus far gone well. Exchange visits between his ships and those of the resident British squadron had been quite friendly, and his men had been behaving themselves during their liberty ashore. The only fly in the ointment thus far had been the pointedly hostile and stand-offish behaviour of the Australian flotilla. Given the strength of British forces in the Far East, and the general lack of external threats, Langsdorff wondered why the Australians felt it necessary to station such a heavy force – three cruisers and an aviation ship – so far from their home waters. Their presence at least gave his junior officers something to do – many spent their free time photographing them from hired boats and dreaming of articles appearing in Wehrgedanken des Auslands.
Gotta say i found the above line quite funny. Singapore is waaaaaaaaay closer to Australia than Indochina is from Germany...
......but not so far from allied bases and fleets, some of which are quite close to Australia actually.Quoted
Heavy Cruiser Graf Spee, Singapore Harbour, Wednesday, 24 October 1945
Admiral Langsdorff read the morning report with a certain sense of satisfaction. The visit of his flagship and her consort, Admiral Scheer, to Singapore had thus far gone well. Exchange visits between his ships and those of the resident British squadron had been quite friendly, and his men had been behaving themselves during their liberty ashore. The only fly in the ointment thus far had been the pointedly hostile and stand-offish behaviour of the Australian flotilla. Given the strength of British forces in the Far East, and the general lack of external threats, Langsdorff wondered why the Australians felt it necessary to station such a heavy force – three cruisers and an aviation ship – so far from their home waters. Their presence at least gave his junior officers something to do – many spent their free time photographing them from hired boats and dreaming of articles appearing in Wehrgedanken des Auslands.
Gotta say i found the above line quite funny. Singapore is waaaaaaaaay closer to Australia than Indochina is from Germany...
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