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Bombardment of Papeete

22 sept 1914 · 17.53° S, 149.57° W

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Cuándo
22 sept 1914
Tipo
Batalla
Coordenadas
17.53° S, 149.57° W
Description
1914 battle
War
World War I

Bombardment of Papeete

First World War battle in French Polynesia

The Bombardment of Papeete occurred in French Polynesia when German warships attacked on 22 September 1914, during World War I. The German armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered the port of Papeete on the island of Tahiti and sank the French gunboat Zélée and freighter Walküre before bombarding the town's fortifications.

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