Based in Qingdao, China at the outset of WWI, the German East Asian Squadron participated in two major naval battles that culminated with its destruction during the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Sail along with John T. Kuehn as he examines the short lifespan of the Squadron under Admiral Graf von Spee’s leadership and its defeat against the British Royal Navy in late 1914.
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