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Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 (Paperback)
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Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 (Paperback)
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The defeat that Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at
Coronel in 1914 at the hands of Maximilian Graf von Spee, one of
Germany's most brilliant naval commanders, was the most humiliating
blow to British naval prestige since the eighteenth century and a
defeat that had to be avenged immediately. On 8 December 1914, the
German squadron steamed towards Port Stanley, unaware that in the
harbour lay two great British battle-cruisers, the 'Invincible' and
'Inflexible'. Realizing this, Spee had no option but to turn and
flee. Hour by hour during that long day, the British ships closed
in until, eventually, Spee was forced to confront the enemy. With
extraordinary courage, and against hopeless odds, the German
cruisers fought to the bitter end. At five-thirty that afternoon,
the last ship slowly turned and rolled to the bottom. Cradock and
Britain had been avenged.
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