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Japanese dressing station, Tsingtao, October 1914

Photograph, World War One, Far East (1914-1918), 1914.

On 23 August 1914 Japan declared war on Germany. Eight days later 20,000 Japanese troops were landed near Germany's naval base at Tsingtao (Qingdao) in China. After a two month siege the Tsingtao garrison surrendered on 7 November 1914.

From an album of 24 photographs presented to Brig Gen, later Maj Gen, Nathaniel Walter Barnardiston.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1992-08-139-11

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1992-08-139-11