1815-1870 1918-1945







Falkland Islands, 1870-1918



In 1908 SOUTH GEORGIA and the SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS were placed under the FALKLAND ISLANDS.
In World War I, the sea off the Falkland Islands on Dec. 8th 1914 became the scene of a naval battle between a British and a German naval squadron, the German, commanded by Admiral Graf Spee, coming from the Pacific, attempting to break through to blockaded Germany. The British, commanded by Frederick Sturdee, suffering heavy losses, were victorious.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from infoplease : Falkland Islands
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Article : Falkland Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp.652-653 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : Statesman's Year Book 1889 pp.304-305, 1895 pp.221-222, 1898 pp.221-222, 1901 pp.254-255, 1902 pp.264-265, 1905 pp.283-284, 1910 pp.257-258, 1918 pp.310-312 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : International Year Book 1898 p.309, 1899 pp.311-312, 1900 p.335 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : New International Year Book 1907 p.251, 1908 p.235, 1909 p.236, 1910 p.242, 1913 pp.239-240, 1914 p.237, 1916 p.212, 1917 pp.225-226, 1918 pp.199-200 [G]



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