# Canonical recap data for Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914)
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slug: falkland-islands-battle
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1914/falkland-islands-battle"
title: Battle of the Falkland Islands
subtitle: Britain's naval victory sank Germany's East Asian Squadron, securing British control of distant colonial waters and demonstrating naval superiority.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1914-12-08
datePrecision: day
year: 1914
decade: 1910
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German cruiser squadron. The ba
summaryLong: The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German cruiser squadron. The battle is commemorated every year on 8 December in the Falkland Islands as a public holiday.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands%2C_1914_%28retouched%29.jpg/1280px-Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands%2C_1914_%28retouched%29.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Battle of the Falkland Islands"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands"
  title: Battle of the Falkland Islands
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South At
wikidataQid: Q160011
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260522162428/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-22
  label: Battle of the Falkland Islands
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands"
