Tensions Over Gibraltar Remain

[Catfish]

Those are the Falkland Islands Comrade Catfish, paid for in blood...TWICE! As ADM Graf Maximillian von Spee and his two sons found out he hard way on 8/DEC/1914. Quite a little set-to payback-wise after the Battle of Corunel(which the British lost) in the Pacific off Chile on 1/NOV/1914

Well to be blunt, sailing to a remote island and 'convinving' the population they now belong to a foreign nation (a term they do not even understand) at the other end of the world makes it the "property", of said nation ? (valid for all 'colonies', of course).
I think this concept looks a bit antiquated, by today's standards?

In the moment most inhabitants are for staying in the UK, so no doubt about the "Falklands". But maybe they will be called Oytschnbroom isles in some hundred years, who knows.


Mr. Spee had seen the british ships laying in the harbour, but for whatever reason he decided not to attack them, as long as they were obviously coaling.
His error' was to misjudge the later position when they had left the harbour. There even were efforts to inform him via some small boats, since some of the inhabitants back then were not "for" the british, so to speak. But Spee or the lookouts did not react when they saw small boats coming towards them, and steamed away.

Interesting tidbit, later during the battle that followed, Spee ordered his other ships to leave and rescue themselves, but two stubbornly stayed for defence, and the others were unable to outrun the british, and were sunk likewise.
Except the 25 knot turbine cruiser SMS Dresden, which became a legend and thus had to be sunk by all means, which of course happened, almost in a target practice, after chilean detention and bearing two white flags:
http://www.kreuzer-dresden.de/dresdenbattle.htm
By then still in charge as 1st Sealord, Churchill took it very personal, and some say this was the reason for the attack on Dresden a war later.

B.t.w. the 1st officer of the SMS Dresden had been some Mr. Canaris... he survived with some of the crew.

Greetings,
Catfish