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1914
August
06
Admiral von Spee's squadron leaves Pohnpei
On 6 August 1914 Admiral von Spee's German East Asia Squadron sailed from Pohnpei in the Carolines. Its odyssey across the Pacific had begun.
September
22
Von Spee shells Papeete
On 22 September 1914 the cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau shelled Papeete on Tahiti. The French burned the coal stocks before the Germans could seize them.
November
01
Battle of Coronel
On 1 November 1914 off Chile Admiral von Spee's squadron sank two British armoured cruisers. Admiral Cradock and about 1,600 sailors were killed.
December
08
Battle of the Falkland Islands
On 8 December 1914 the British destroyed Admiral von Spee's squadron off the Falklands. Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig and Nürnberg sank; only Dresden escaped.