The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German Empire">German</a> colony of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaozhou_Bay" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jiaozhou Bay">Kiaochow Bay</a> and its centre at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingdao" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qingdao">Tsingtao</a> are captured by Japanese forces.