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    The German East Asia Squadron (German: Kreuzergeschwader / Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the...
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    the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), who commanded the East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered the navy in 1878 and served in a...
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    assigned to the East Asia Squadron based in Qingdao, China, in 1909. After arriving, she replaced the cruiser Fürst Bismarck as the squadron flagship, a position...
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    assigned to the German East Asia Squadron, where she joined her sister ship Scharnhorst. The two cruisers formed the core of the squadron, which included several...
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    raiders. Late in 1914 he was tasked to search for and destroy the East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy as it headed home around the tip of South...
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  • operations included the capture of Tsingtao, the hunt for the German East Asia Squadron, the capture of German colonies in the Pacific, and operations in...
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    top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Hansa served abroad in the East Asia Squadron for the first six years of her career. She contributed a landing party...
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    supporting the invasions of German-held territories and by destroying the East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy. Qingdao was the most significant German...
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    for colonial duties, and she served in this capacity as part of the East Asia Squadron until she was relieved in 1909, at which point she returned to Germany...
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    with the East Asia Squadron, she proceeded to South American waters, where she participated in the Battle of Coronel, where the German squadron overpowered...
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    Battle of Coronel (category Naval battles of the Asian and Pacific Theatre (World War I))
    1914, off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. The East Asia Squadron (Ostasiengeschwader or Kreuzergeschwader) of the Imperial German Navy...
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    torpedo tubes. Emden spent the majority of her career overseas in the East Asia Squadron, based in Qingdao, in the Jiaozhou Bay Leased Territory in China....
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    Battle of Penang (category Naval battles of the Asian and Pacific Theatre (World War I))
    Penang) was a surprise naval engagement by the Imperial German Navy's East Asia Squadron during the First World War that took place on 28 October 1914. The...
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  • RAF, South East Asia Command. No. 668 Squadron RAF was formed on 16 November 1944 at Calcutta, (then) British India as a glider squadron, with the intention...
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    West Africa Squadron. Promoted to captain in 1897; he was present during the Boxer Rebellion as commander of a cruiser in the East Asia Squadron. He served...
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    battery for the area. At the outbreak of hostilities, the German East Asia Squadron commanded by Spee was outclassed and outgunned by the Royal Navy and...
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    the coal for use by the German East Asia Squadron.[citation needed] At the outbreak of World War I, the East Asia Squadron, consisting of the armored cruisers...
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    served extensively on foreign stations; Emden was assigned to the East Asia Squadron from her commissioning, and Dresden was sent to Caribbean waters in...
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    Hertha served abroad in the East Asia Squadron for the first six years of her career; she served briefly as the Squadron flagship in 1900. She contributed...
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    SMS Konigsberg and the gunboat SMS Geier were based in German East Africa. The East Asia Squadron (Kreuzergeschwader or Ostasiengeschwader Vizeadmiral Graf...
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    German commerce raiders. She was involved in the search for the German East Asia Squadron of Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee. Too slow to follow Admiral Sir...
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    Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory (category 1898 establishments in Asia)
    administrative center was at Tsingtau (Qingdao). It was operated by the East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy. The Russian Empire resented the German...
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    assigned to the East Asia Squadron in 1909 and 1910, respectively. Scharnhorst relieved the old armored cruiser Fürst Bismarck as the squadron flagship, which...
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    Siege of Tsingtao (category Wartime sexual violence in Asia)
    the city and port of Qingdao, which became the base of the German East Asia Squadron of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), which operated in support...
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    The Asiatic Squadron was a squadron of United States Navy warships stationed in East Asia during the latter half of the 19th century. It was created in...
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    sent reinforcements and promoted to the East Asia Squadron. Irene was assigned to I Division of the squadron. Irene joined the rest of the unit there...
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    Caribbean Sea to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland...
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    named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia Squadron who fought the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands, where...
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    Jiaozhou Bay, with the port of Qingdao, was used as a naval base for the East Asia Squadron and a trading port. The German concession was governed and garrisoned...
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    role in World War I as they unsuccessfully hunted for the German East Asia Squadron and the commerce-raider SMS Emden and protected troop convoys in the...
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