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The East Asia Squadron meets HMAS Australia

HMAS Australia turns a central-Pacific encounter into a battle the German cruisers cannot survive.

Battlecruisers German East Asia Squadron HMAS Australia Pacific War Royal Australian Navy World War I

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Question

Could the German East Asia Squadron survive an encounter with the Royal Australian Navy in the central Pacific?

Short answer

No; HMAS Australia gives the Australian force an overwhelming battlecruiser advantage.

Notes

HMAS Australia makes the encounter decisive. The participants expect her battlecruiser armament to overwhelm the German East Asia Squadron and give it no prospect of surviving the encounter.