Significant1939

Battle of the River Plate

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Estimated casualties

108single estimate · no range published

Battle of the River Plate (1939): United Kingdom vs New Zealand vs Nazi Germany. Recorded fatalities: ~108.

Belligerents3

United Kingdom
New Zealand
Nazi Germany

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1939)Third Reich (1939)

Sources

Wikidata Q713529 (CC0)
Wikidata Query Service, CC0

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Cite as: Battle of the River Plate (1939). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-the-river-plate · Sources & methodology