Why Is the Graf Spee Still in a South American River

The Admiral Graf Spee, Germany's most feared pocket battleship, was scuttled by its own crew in December 1939 after being tricked by British intelligence into believing a massive fleet was gathering outside Montevideo; the ship remains in the River Plate 85 years later due to unresolved legal disputes over ownership, with a Nazi eagle recovered in 2006 still locked in a Uruguayan naval warehouse as governments continue to argue over its fate.