The Personal Experience of Naval Warfare: Graf Spee and the German Cruiser Squadron in 1914
Themes German interests in the
Asia-Pacific region The function of the Cruiser
Squadron to implement commerce warfare
The role of Japan and HMAS Australia in August 1914
Spee’s options under pressure
Personal motivations and aims
Topic One
Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia, brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Squadron Chief in 1899.
Scharnhorst (Squadron Flagship) and Dresden
Officers of Condor in Rabaul, 1913
Naval Marines in China
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The Route of the Squadron across the Pacific
Topic Three
Scharnhorst, Squadron flagship (here at Valparaiso) sister ship to Gneisenau.
Emden ‘on the hunt’
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Emden sinks Zemschug
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Karl von Mueller & Emden
Karl von Mueller
Dresden
The commanders of Nuernberg & Leipzig
Spee’s sketch of the battle at Coronel
‘The last man’
‘The victory of Coronel is not dimmed by the Falklands’
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