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 (1914-08-27) (1914-11-07)August 27 – November 7, 1914
(2 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Qingdao, Kiautschou Bay, German Empire
36°4′N 120°23′E / 36.067°N 120.383°E / 36.067; 120.383
Result Anglo–Japanese victory
Territorial
changes		 Japanese occupation of Qingdao
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • 24,500
  • 1 seaplane carrier
  • 5 battleships
  • 2 battlecruisers
  • 1 protected cruiser
  • 2 destroyers
  • 2 airplanes
  • 3,750[1]
  • 1 protected cruiser
  • 1 unprotected cruiser
  • 1 torpedo boat
  • 4 gunboats
  • 2 airplanes
Casualties and losses
  • 727 killed[2]
  • 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
98 Chinese civilians killed and 30 wounded by Japanese forces[3]

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]

  1. ^ Veperdi 2013.
  2. ^ Denis 2000.
  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.