Battle+of+the+River+Plate

= __Battle of the River Plate__ =

The 'Battle of the River Plate' was the first major war of World War II. It started on December 13, 1939 and lasted until March 1940. Although this war only lasted one year, it did a lot of positive impact. When Germany first started the war they wasted a lot of resources such as money, manpower and effort, especially in the first three months. It caused the Germany Navy lots of doubt, because they lost so much and they still weren't winning. But for the English, it was different. The first three months gave them faith that they were superorier to all. But overall the British had very, very little to brag about. They had lower class weapons compared to Germany, less solders and even less time for the soldiers to prepare mentaly.

The weapons that were involved in this war:
 six 11" guns  armor that was only about 3.1" thick All of the aircraft went about 26 kts(which is about 18.41mph) The ships went about 28 kts(which is about 32.2 mph eight 5.9" guns As you can probably see back when this war was going on, a lot of the weapons were lower class and not as advanced.

How many people sacrificed there lives for the war? More than sixty million people got killed in World War Two. This is unfortunate because heritage, culture and history has been forgotten and avoided by, recent generations.



"If this battle did not turn out the way it did, wars today and tomorrows would not be happening. This war was the very beginning of mass destruction wars" -by Gabriel Robin  