Siege of Tsingtao

Siege of Tsingtao
	Part of the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
	; German forces during the siege, November 1914
Date	August 27 – November 7, 1914; (2 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location	Qingdao, Kiautschou Bay, German Empire36°4′N 120°23′E / 36.067°N 120.383°E
Result	Anglo–Japanese victory
Territorial; changes	Japanese occupation of Qingdao
Belligerents
Japan; United Kingdom; Naval support:; France;	Germany; Austria-Hungary;
Commanders and leaders
Mitsuomi Kamio; Sadakichi Kato;	Alfred Meyer-Waldeck ;
Strength
24,500; 1 seaplane carrier; 5 battleships; 2 battlecruisers; 1 protected cruiser; 2 destroyers; 2 airplanes;	3,750; 1 protected cruiser; 1 unprotected cruiser; 1 torpedo boat; 4 gunboats; 2 airplanes;
Casualties and losses
727 killed; 1,335 wounded; 1 protected cruiser sunk; 1 destroyer sunk; 1 battleship damaged; 1 airplane destroyed;	199 killed; 504 wounded; 3,047 captured; 1 protected cruiser scuttled; 1 unprotected cruiser scuttled; 1 torpedo boat scuttled; 4 gunboats scuttled;

The siege of Tsingtao (German: Belagerung von Tsingtau; Japanese: 青島の戦い; simplified Chinese: 青岛战役; traditional Chinese: 青島戰役) was the attack on the German port of Qingdao (Tsingtao) from Jiaozhou Bay during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom. The siege was waged against Imperial Germany between 27 August and 7 November 1914. The siege was the first encounter between Japanese and German forces, the first Anglo-Japanese operation of the war, and the only major land battle in the Asian and Pacific theatre during World War I.^[4]

^ Veperdi 2013.
^ Denis 2000.
^ Tang, Chi-hua: War Losses and Reparations (China), in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War
^ 刘平; 江林泽 (2014). "第一次世界大战中的远东战场———青岛之战述评" [The Far Eastern Theatre in the First World War - A Review of the Battle of Tsingtao]. 军事历史研究 (in Chinese) (4): 52. ISSN 1009-3451.

[FOOTNOTEVeperdi2013-1] Veperdi 2013.

[FOOTNOTEDenis2000-2] Denis 2000.

[War_Losses_and_Reparations_China-3] Tang, Chi-hua: War Losses and Reparations (China), in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War

[4] 刘平; 江林泽 (2014). "第一次世界大战中的远东战场———青岛之战述评" [The Far Eastern Theatre in the First World War - A Review of the Battle of Tsingtao]. 军事历史研究 (in Chinese) (4): 52. ISSN 1009-3451.

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