Good to hear. Having read both the books mentioned in this story I can say I never believed some of the conspiracy theories and think that the German suvivor accounts were very accurate as these guys had little reason to lie about the action and what they saw.
I think most of the theories were concocted to explain something that they couldn't understand. Why the Sydney closed with the Kormoran and allowed herself to be surprised which frankly looks exactly like what really happened based on the photo's and positioning of the wrecks.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...420589214.html
The shoes are possibly some of the saddest images I've seen.