Coronel and Falkland

Pitt, Barrie: 1960 London, hardcover, no dustjacket 184 pages, with photo's. Battle Of the Falklands in 1914-1918. Barrie Pitt describes how Britain’s long-unquestioned naval supremacy was suddenly challenged in 1914 by Admiral von Spee’s German East Asia Squadron off the coast of South America, leading to the crushing British defeat at Coronel. The book then follows the Royal Navy’s rapid response and redeployment of battlecruisers that culminated in the decisive Battle of the Falkland Islands, where the German squadron was hunted down and destroyed, restoring British control of the sea lanes. In good condition