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British Defeat German Fleet at Falkland Islands
British ships under Vice Admiral Sturdee report sinking the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the cruiser Leipzig after a morning battle near the Falkland Islands. Nürnberg and Dresden escaped, pursued by the British fleet.
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London
Scharnhorst
Gnel- Jena
Leipzig
Falkland Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Nurnberg
Dresden
Frederick Sturdee
Count von Spee
Sir Christopher Cradock
Pacific
Lunuva
Balgian