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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
The East Asia Squadron (in the rear, under steam) leaving Valparaíso harbour in Chile, with Chilean Navy cruisers in the foreground
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)
The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory, also known as the Jiaozhou, Kiaochau, Kiaochow, Kiauchau, and Kiao-chau Bay Concession, was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1
East Asia Squadron
…mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s until 1914, when it was destroyed at the Battle of the Falkland Islands. It was based at Germany's Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory in China. The Treaty of Peking of September 1861 between the Kingdom of Prussia and China allowed Prussian warships to operate in Chinese waters. As…
Postcard of Deutschland and Gefion arriving at Kiautschou Bay in 1899
Main gate of a Chinese munitions depot, taken over by the Imperial German Navy, 1898
Pier with German naval personnel, apparent expansion in progress, 1898
Disembarkation of the landing force