The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat
Battle of the Falkland Islands, William Lionel Wyllie
SMS Scharnhorst, flagship of the German squadron
The East Asia Squadron (background) departing Valparaíso, with Chilean Navy cruisers in the foreground, 3 November
The Battle of the Falkland Islands; North is to the left in this diagram
East Asia Squadron
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The German East Asia Squadron was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s until 1914, when it was destroyed at the Battle of the Falkl
SMS Hertha with only two funnels as a training ship after her time in China
Men of the squadron ashore in Batavia on 27 January 1913
Scharnhorst (prewar postcard)