Bilihii hore ee dagaalkii labaad ee aduunka waxa loo yaqaan "Dagaalkii Phoney". Laakiin ma jirin wax hadal ah oo ku saabsan dagaalka badda muddadan.

13kii Diseembar 1939, ciidan ka kooban saddex  markab doonyaha badda ee Royal Navy oo hoos imaanayay taliyaha Commodore Henry Harwood ayaa fadhiisiyey markabka jeebka Jarmalka Admiral Graf Spee meel ka baxsan xeebta Uruguay.

Jeebabka-dagaalka ayaa loo sameeyay si loo helo xaddidaadda Heshiiska Versailles, kaas oo mamnuucay wax soo saarka Jarmalka ee maraakiibta dagaalka caadiga ah. Graf Spee , oo hoos imaanayay Kabtan Hans Langsdorff, waxa uu ilaalinayay Koonfurta Atlantic, isaga oo quusinaysa maraakiibta ganacsiga ee Allied.

Sir Henry Harwood - 'Geesigii Webiga Plate'. Credit: Matxafka Dagaalka Imperial / Domain Dadweynaha.

Hawlgelinta bilowga ah

Maraakiibta Harwood waxay ku hawlanaayeen Graf Spee ee afka Río de la Plata. Dagaalkii xigay, mid ka mid ah maraakiibta British-ka, HMS Exeter , ayaa si xun loo dhaawacay.

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, tani may ahayn ka hor inta aanay dharbaaxo culus ku samayn Graf Spee, ay waxyeelo gaadhsiisay habka shidaalka markabka Jarmalku, iyada oo hubinaysa in aanay awoodin in ay guriga ka dhigto iyada oo aan helin meel ay samee dayactir.

Labadii badmaaxiinta Ingiriiska ee soo hadhay, HMS Ajax iyo HMS Achilles , ayaa rasaas furay, taasoo ku khasabtay Graf Spee inuu seexdo shaashadda qiiqa oo uu baxsado. . Dabagal gaaban ka dib, waxaa soo galay markabka Jarmalka Dekadda Montevideo ee Uruguay oo dhexdhexaad ah.

Marka loo eego sharciga caalamiga ah, Graf Spee waxa kaliya oo loo oggolaaday inay ku sii jirto dekedda dhexdhexaadka ah ee Montevideo ilaa iyo inta ay qaadanayso dayactirka.

The Hadalka Graf. 3.0. Graf Spee in la rumaysto in raxan weyni ay ku soo qulqulayaan xeebaha Koonfurta Ameerika.

Ciidanka badda ee Royal waxay shaqaalaysiiyeen wakiillo sir ah si ay xanta uga dhex faafiyaan shaqaalaha ku sugan dekedda Montevideo, waxayna adeegsadeen khadadka taleefoonada ee ay garanayeen in la dhageysto si ay u faafiyaan warar been abuur ah.

Iyadoo wakhtiga kama dambaysta ahi uu gaadhay Graf Spee inuu ka tago Montevideo, Kabtan Hans Langsdorff waxa uu ku qancay inuu wajihi doono armada aad u ballaadhan, oo ay ku jirto xambaara diyaaradda Ark Royal , kaliya meel ka baxsan dekedda.

Iyagoo rumaysan inay la kulmeen burbur, 17kii Diseembar, Langsdorff wuxuu raggiisa ku amray inay jebiyaan markabka. Markii ay shaqaalihii markabka ka soo degeen, Langsdorff waxa uu aaday xeebta dalka ay jaarka yihiin ee Argentina, halkaas oo uu saddex maalmood ka dib isku dilay.

Dhacdadani waxay ahayd guul dacaayad u soo hoyatay Ingiriiska, iyadoo sidoo kale laga xayuubiyay ciidammada badda ee Jarmalka mid ka mid ah maraakiibta dagaalka ee ugu awoodda badan.

Guushu waa la sii wanaajiyay sanadka soo socda, markii ku dhawaad ​​300 oo maxbuus ay qabsadeen Graf Spee intii ay ku jirtay badweynta Atlantaayaa lagu soo badbaadiyay Dhacdada Altmark.