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  • Intheearlydaysofthe20thcentury,theGermanKaiserchal… Intheearlydaysofthe20thcentury,theGermanKaiserchallengedthenavalpoweroftheBritishwithanewandmightybattlefleet.Whowouldruletheworld'sseas?ItwasaquestionthatwouldbedecidedintheFirstWorldWar.AftertheshockdefeatoftheBritishatCoronel,abattlewhichcost1,700seamentheirlives,WinstonChurchilldemandedamercilessrevenge.OfftheFalklandIslands,theentireGermanoverseassquadronwithacrewof2,200menwassunk.Onlytwocruisersescapedthedemiseoftheirfleet,theDresdenandtheEmden.Churchillsetabountyonthem,makingthemthemosthuntedshipsontheSevenSeas.IntheicyfjordsofPatagoniaandthetropicalheatoftheSouthSeas,bothcrewsbattledfortheirverysurvival.Afteradramatichunttheywerebothfinallysunk. Nonetheless,mostoftheircrewmenescapeddeathandreturnedhomesafeandsound.Howthiscameaboutandtheirlongadventurousjourneythroughthewar-tornseasandcontinentsisrecountedbytwoverydramaticdocumentariesintheHunttheKaiser'sCruisers!series,TheCaravanofSailorsandTheLastShipAfloat.Newlydiscoveredarchivematerialsonthedecisiveseabattles,navalreportsandprivatejournalspermitaprecisereconstructionoftheevents.Forthefirsttime,interviewswithdescendantsandmilitaryhistorians,footagefromtheoriginalscenesofactionanddramaticre-enactmentsallowustodojusticetobothoftheseexcitingstories.