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Wonder Why

(6,974 posts) Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:34 PM 16 hrs ago

Uruguay faces dilemma from the deep: what to do with a salvaged Nazi eagle?

My title is a copy of an article title in The Guardian

The eagle was on a WW2 German Battleship.

I have a suggestion for what can be done with it.

Put cheap gold color paint on it.
Award it to Krasnov as "The Nazi Peace Prize"
Uruguay gets the honor; krasnov gets the award he craves; Uruguay is safe for a while from attack.

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Uruguay faces dilemma from the deep: what to do with a salvaged Nazi eagle? (Original Post) Wonder Why 16 hrs ago OP

The Eagle is from the Nazi commerce raider Graf Spee VMA131Marine 16 hrs ago #1

VMA131Marine

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1. The Eagle is from the Nazi commerce raider Graf Spee

Reply to Wonder Why (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:12 PM

16 hrs ago

It was scuttled by her crew in Montevideo harbour when it was trapped by a sizable force of Royal Navy ships waiting for it to put to sea. There are other remnants of the ship on display around Montevideo.

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