Four German cruisers were sunk, with Spee's flagship Scharnhorst sinking rapidly first, followed by Gneisenau, Nurnberg and Leipzig.Ten British sailors died during the battle, while none of the British ships were badly damaged. However 2,200 German sailors were killed or drowned in the ...
It is the southernmost monument to World War I on earth. In further commemoration, December 8 is celebrated as a holiday in the Falklands.Losses: British, 10 dead, 19 wounded, no ships sunk; German, some 1,900 killed, 215 captured, 6 ships sunk....
Falkland Islands War, a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands.