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The '''Battle of the Falkland Islands''' was a naval engagement fought between elements of the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Imperial German Navy|Kaiserliche Marine]] on 8 December, 1914 near the Falkland Islands. It came a little over a month after the defeat of the [[British South Atlantic Squadron|South Atlantic Squadron]] at the [[Battle of Coronel]] and saw [[Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee|Graf von Spee's]] squadron effectively annihilated by a powerful British force under the command of [[Frederick Doveton Sturdee]] especially assembled to avenge Coronel. | The '''Battle of the Falkland Islands''' was a naval engagement fought between elements of the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Imperial German Navy|Kaiserliche Marine]] on 8 December, 1914 near the Falkland Islands. It came a little over a month after the defeat of the [[British South Atlantic Squadron|South Atlantic Squadron]] at the [[Battle of Coronel]] and saw [[Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee|Graf von Spee's]] squadron effectively annihilated by a powerful British force under the command of [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee]] especially assembled to avenge Coronel. | ||
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The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval engagement fought between elements of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine on 8 December, 1914 near the Falkland Islands. It came a little over a month after the defeat of the South Atlantic Squadron at the Battle of Coronel and saw Graf von Spee's squadron effectively annihilated by a powerful British force under the command of Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee especially assembled to avenge Coronel.
