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December 17, 1939 in History
Event:
German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay

Related Topics:
Battleship
Crew
German
Graf
off
pocket
Spee
Uruguay

Related Year:
1939

Related Events:
December 17
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