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Battle of Falkland Islands

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1914

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill8 December 1914

Falkland Islands · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Royal Navy destroys most of Admiral von Spee's East Asia Squadron, reversing the shock of the Coronel defeat.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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