File:WW1 Landing at Direction Island.jpg
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A landing party from the German Navy cruiser Emden leaving the jetty of Direction Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean jetty on 9 November 1914 during World War I. In the background is Ayesha the vessel with which they repaired and then sailed without a chart to Padang, Sumatra. The German landing party eventually made their way back by ship, overland, and train to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and on to Germany.
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current | 01:17, 4 January 2017 | 450 × 338 (67 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A landing party from the German Navy cruiser <i>Emden</i> leaving the jetty of Direction Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean jetty on 9 November 1914 during World War I. In the background is <i>Ayesha</i> the vessel with which they repaired and then sailed without a chart to Padang, Sumatra. The German landing party eventually made their way back by ship, overland, and train to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and on to Germany. |
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