<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of the Falkland Islands </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of World War I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> A painting; Battle of the Falkland Islands . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 8 December 1914 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> South Atlantic, near the Falkland Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> British victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Destruction of the German East Asia Squadron </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Doveton Sturdee Archibald Stoddart John Luce </Td> <Td> Maximilian v. Spee † </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2 battlecruisers 3 armoured cruisers 2 light cruisers and 1 grounded pre-dreadnought </Td> <Td> 2 armoured cruisers 3 light cruisers 3 transports </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 killed 19 wounded </Td> <Td> 1,871 killed 215 captured 2 armoured cruisers sunk 2 light cruisers sunk 2 transports captured and subsequently scuttled </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of the Falkland Islands </Th> </Tr>

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