Image: Scan of a black and white ink illustration of WWI battleships launching broadsides at each other. Text: 'Pershing Lecture Series / The Last Cruise / German East Asian Squadron'

The Last Cruise: German East Asian Squadron

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. Auditorium and Online

Based in Qingdao, China at the outset of WWI, the German East Asian Squadron participated in two major naval battles that culminated with its destruction during the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Sail along with John T. Kuehn as he examines the short lifespan of the Squadron under Admiral Graf von Spee’s leadership and its defeat against the British Royal Navy in late 1914. 

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