Asian and Pacific Theater of World War I
![A Japanese lithograph, (probably showing the Japanese fighting German troops during the conquest of the German colony Tsingtao (today Qingdao) in China between 13 September and 7 November 1914.- wrong statement)
Original caption: "The Japanese army defeated the German-Austrian Army near Usri [i.e. Ussuri], Siberia."
Note: The prints of this series relate to the Siberian Intervention from 1918-1922. (However, at that time there were no German or Austro-Hungarian troops anywhere in Asia. The Austro-Hungarian troops may refer to the sailors provided by the Austro-Hungarian armoured cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth for the defence of Tsingtao in 1914. - wrong statement) In fact German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers, former POWs from Russian POW-camps made bulk of the Red Army forces in Siberia in 1918. Soviet historiography called them "the internationalists".](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Tsingtao_battle_lithograph_1914.jpg)
A Japanese lithograph, (probably showing the Japanese fighting German troops during the conquest of the German colony Tsingtao (today Qingdao) in China between 13 September and 7 November 1914.- wrong statement) Original caption: "The Japanese army defeated the German-Austrian Army near Usri [i.e. Ussuri], Siberia." Note: The prints of this series relate to the Siberian Intervention from 1918-1922. (However, at that time there were no German or Austro-Hungarian troops anywhere in Asia. The Austro-Hungarian troops may refer to the sailors provided by the Austro-Hungarian armoured cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth for the defence of Tsingtao in 1914. - wrong statement) In fact German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers, former POWs from Russian POW-camps made bulk of the Red Army forces in Siberia in 1918. Soviet historiography called them "the internationalists".
Historical Overview
During World War I, conflict on the Asian continent and the islands of the Pacific included naval battles, the Allied conquest of German colonial possessions in the Pacific Ocean and China, the anti-Russian Central Asian revolt of 1916 in Russian Turkestan and the Ottoman-supported Kelantan rebellion in British Malaya. The most significant military action was the careful and well-executed Siege of Qingdao in China, but smaller actions were also fought at Bita Paka and Toma in German New Guinea.
Outcome & Quick Facts
Outcome
Japanese/British victory.
