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Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Sunk

Name: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Sunk – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1914Date range

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Chronological records

1914

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill26 August 1914

Atlantic Ocean · Warfare / World War, 1st

Reports the destruction of German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by HMS Highflyer.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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