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Tango01

19 Oct 2025 1:44 p.m. PST

… Disinformation Campaign Create a German Naval Disaster in 1914?

"On Dec. 8, 1914, the Imperial German Navy suffered one of its worst defeats. In just a few hours, four of the five ships of Graf Maximilian von Spee's East Asiatic Squadron were destroyed off Port Stanley by a Royal Navy task force. The losses included the heavy cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau — two of the most advanced of the pre-dreadnought era — and more than 2,000 sailors, including Spee's own two sons. Only the Battle of Jutland in 1916 saw Germany suffer higher losses…"

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