古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
以身殉舰
hans langsdorff, commander of the german cruiser admiral graf spee, had orders to raid enemy commercial shipping in the south atlantic at the outbreak of word warⅡ. as he always gave warning before sinking allied merchantmen, no seamen were killed.
on 13 december 1939, the graf spee was intercepted by three british cruisers, and after more than an hour's intense combat was severely damaged. it retreated to uruguay, with the british cruisers in hot pursuit. the neutral uruguayan government, under pressure from the allies, ordered the graf spee to leave uruguayan waters even though the necessary repairs were not completed.
