The siege of the [[German Empire|German]] port, Tsingtao (or Tsingtau) (Now Qingdao) in [[China]] during [[World War I]] by a joint force of [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Imperial Japanese Army|Imperial]] [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] forces with [[France|French]] naval support. This 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.

h1. External links
* "Wikipedia: Siege of Tsingtao":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao
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