Admiral von Spee

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:German_East_Asia_Squadron
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Crown
gptkb:Iron_Cross
Order of the Red Eagle
gptkbp:birthDate 1861-06-22
gptkbp:children 5
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:SMS_Nürnberg
SMS Dresden
SMS Gneisenau
SMS Scharnhorst
gptkbp:deathDate 1914-12-08
gptkbp:depictedIn Books
Films
Documentaries
Biographies
Historical novels
gptkbp:education gptkb:Naval_Academy
gptkbp:famousFor German_naval_operations_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:finalDisposal Defeated_at_the_Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:East_Asia_Squadron
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Maximilian_von_Spee
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First major naval defeat of the British in WWI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral von Spee
gptkbp:influence World_War_I_naval_strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Friedrich_von_Bernhardi
gptkb:Otto_von_Bismarck
gptkb:Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder
gptkb:Alfred_Thayer_Mahan
gptkb:Carl_von_Clausewitz
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:First_World_War
naval warfare
colonial conflicts
South_American_naval_engagements
gptkbp:legacy German_naval_hero
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands
Battle of Coronel
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Dresden,_Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Naval history studies
Commemorated_in_Germany
Memorials_in_Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Maximilian_von_Pohl
gptkbp:rank Admiral
gptkbp:secondaryMission Engagement_in_the_South_Atlantic
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1880-1914
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_von_Spee
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Reinhard_Scheer