World War I: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Tsingtao">Siege of Tsingtao</a>: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadakichi_Kato" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sadakichi Kato">Sadakichi Kato</a> imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingdao#German_and_Japanese_occupations" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qingdao">German Tsingtao</a>, initiating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Tsingtao">Siege of Tsingtao</a>.<sup about="#mwt53" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_27#cite_note-8" id="mwyA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyQ">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt50" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFStephenson2017">Stephenson, Charles (2017). <i id="mwB60">The Siege of Tsingtau</i>. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Pen_&amp;_Sword_Books" id="mwB64" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pen &amp; Sword Books">Pen &amp; Sword Books</a>. pp.<span id="mwB68" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>89–92. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB7E" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781526702951" id="mwB7I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781526702951"><bdi id="mwB7M">9781526702951</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt50" class="Z3988" id="mwB7Q" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Siege+of+Tsingtau&amp;rft.place=Barnsley%2C+South+Yorkshire&amp;rft.pages=89-92&amp;rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Books&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft.isbn=9781526702951&amp;rft.aulast=Stephenson&amp;rft.aufirst=Charles&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+27"></span></span>