What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.50° S, 56.17° W
- Location
- Off the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic
- Outcome
- British victory Destruction of the East Asia Squadron
- Belligerents
- Germany vs United Kingdom
Battle of the Falkland Islands
Naval battle of World War I
The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German cruiser squadron. The battle is commemorated every year on 8 December in the Falkland Islands as a public holiday.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands: A superior British Royal Navy squadron under Doveton Sturdee defeats ships of the Imperial German Navy under…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das deutsche Ostasiengeschwader wird im Seegefecht bei den Falklandinseln von Einheiten der britischen Royal Navy unter dem Befehl von Frederik Doveton Sturdee…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l’escadre allemande d’Extrême-Orient du vice-amiral Maximilian von Spee après sa victoire sur les côtes chiliennes est écrasée par la flotte britannique à la…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se dirime una de las primeras batallas navales de la Primera Guerra Mundial, la de las Malvinas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة جزر فوكلاند، بين أسطولي دوفتون ستاردي وماكسيمليان فون شبيه”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page