Although not written as such, the 1984 "HMAS Sydney: Fact, Fantasy and Fraud" by Barbara Winter served as a reply to Montgomery's work. Winter used material from German and American archives in addition to Australian sources, with the main thrust of her work comparing the relative experience and competence of Burnett and Detmers, which supported the accepted view of the battle. In her work, Winter also sought to identify and prove false all the rumours and theories that had appeared since the battle. Frame describes her work as "reasonable and persuasive... owever, she tried too hard to defend the crew of the "Kormoran"... at the expense of "Sydney"", while a government report in 1999 observed that Winter's defence of the German accounts saw her become the " of those who sought, and continue to seek, darker explanations of the "Sydney" tragedy."