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Articles | Volume 93
Articles | Volume 93
https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-93-19-2025
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Articles | Volume 93
Scientific article
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16 Oct 2025
Scientific article |  | 16 Oct 2025

Seelöwen mit Pinguinpelz: Tätigkeiten Deutscher Hilfskreuzer in der Antarktis während des Zweiten Weltkriegs

Pablo G. Fontana

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During World War II, the only acts of warfare in Antarctica took place due to the operations of the German Navy's auxiliary cruisers. These were armed merchant ships disguised as vessels of other nations to avoid detection by Allied patrols. Their mission was to sink or capture enemy ships. In Antarctica, they were responsible for the largest naval capture operation of the entire conflict, which led to the only war engagement between two nations on this continent.
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