On this day in 1939, Allied cruisers Exeter, Ajax and Achilles outfight the German pocket battleship Graf Spee at the mouth of Uruguay's River Plate. The defeated vessel seeks shelter in the neutral port of Montevideo. Days later Graf Spee's captain scuttles the ship.
The Canadian Skink AA tank built on the Grizzly chassis was perhaps the best vehicle in its class. Only one prototype went into battle in early 1945, but by that point the Luftwaffe was all but extinct and the Skink had no chances to prove itself in combat. #tanks#history#WW2
Today in 1759, 4,000 British troops draw the French out from behind their ramparts at Quebec and defeat them on the Plains of Abraham. The stunning victory, which will help bring about the downfall of New France, costs the British one of their best generals: James Wolfe.