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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
You forget that Langsdorff did not have the fuel to get to Germany, nor the ammunition, and was trapped in Montevideo. Her damage was mostly in the engines, so I doubt she could have managed full speed.
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He was also denied any good information about the odds that he faced. He wasd not allowed to do a recon with a local sea plane and he believed rumors that were put out by the British that there was a large force off shore waiting for him.
With an exhausted crew, a damaged ship with low ammo and no where to go, you can see that his options were limited!