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The sinking of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is the best known event of Uruguay during World War II. Mr. Montero de Bustamante, Uruguayan Chargé d'Affaires in the United Kingdom, speaking at a 1943 ceremony to name a Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter funded by Uruguayan donations. Uruguay remained neutral for most of World War II.
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Uruguay reached the peak of its economic prosperity thanks to the World War II and the Korean War. During these conflicts, the country supplied beef, wool, and leather to the Allied armies. [107] In 1949, to cover the British debt for the beef deliveries during WWII, British-owned railroads and water companies were nationalized. [108]
The Oxford Companion to World War II (2005), comprehensive encyclopedia for all countries; Eccles, Karen E. and Debbie McCollin, eds. World War II and the Caribbean (2017) excerpt; Frank, Gary. Struggle for hegemony in South America: Argentina, Brazil, and the United States during the Second World War (Routledge, 2021). Friedman, Max Paul.
[1] [2] Mennonite communities emigrated from Germany to Uruguay after World War II, starting in 1948. [1] [3] [4] During World War I, Uruguay sided against Germany and broke off diplomatic relations. [5] [6] On December 13, 1939, the Battle of the River Plate took place off the coast of Uruguay where British forces sunk the German Graf Spee ...
With Uruguay becoming less tolerant of Nazi activity within their borders; in June 1940 the Foto Clave shop and Fuhrmann's private resident were raided by Uruguayan officials, leading to Fuhrmann, Hotzer, Kleing, Patz, Konas Meissner, and R. Meissner being arrested; along with their six light machine guns and additional supplies being confiscated.
The sinking of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is the most known event occurring in Uruguay during World War II. In 1945, Uruguay formally signed the Declaration by the United Nations and entered World War II, leading the country to declare war on Germany and Japan. Following the end of the war, it became a founding member of the United ...