Siege of Tsingtao

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battle military siege

The Siege of Tsingtao was a 1914 World War I battle in which Japanese and British forces captured the German-controlled port of Qingdao in China.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Tsingtao canonical 2
Japanese occupation of Qingdao 1
Siege of Tsingtau 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Qingdao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Tsingtao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Qingdao NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause Allied objective to eliminate German colonial bases in East Asia ⓘ
Japan’s entry into World War I on the side of the Allies ⓘ
commander Alfred Meyer-Waldeck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kamio Mitsuomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kato Sadakichi NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1914-11-07 ⓘ
followedBy Japanese administration of Qingdao NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext took place during early months of World War I ⓘ
historicalSignificance ended German colonial presence in Shandong ⓘ
strengthened Japan’s position in China ⓘ
involvedUnit British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
German East Asia Squadron (elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
location China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qingdao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shandong NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature first major Anglo-Japanese joint operation in World War I ⓘ
involvement of Australian and New Zealand naval vessels ⓘ
naval blockade of German base at Tsingtao ⓘ
use of heavy siege artillery by Japanese forces ⓘ
objective capture of German naval base at Tsingtao ⓘ
capture of German-leased Kiautschou Bay concession ⓘ
partOf Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Japan’s ultimatum to Germany (1914) ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Japanese Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
German colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiautschou Bay concession NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Qingdao NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1914-10-31 ⓘ
theatre Chinese theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
year 1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → Siege of Tsingtao ⓘ
Tsingtao → siteOf → Siege of Tsingtao ⓘ
Kiautschou Bay concession → significantEvent → Siege of Tsingtao ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Tsingtau
Kiautschou Bay concession → followedBy → Siege of Tsingtao ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Qingdao
Kiautschou Bay concession → conflict → Siege of Tsingtao ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Tsingtau (1914)