WWI Imperial Japanese Army Tsingtao Siege Germany Official Photo Book 1916 For Sale

DescriptionThis is an original Japanese military photographic history documenting the Siege of Tsingtao during World War I, when the Imperial Japanese Army fought against Imperial German forces in China.Titled Photographic History of the Japan-Germany War of 1914, it was compiled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff and published by the Tokyo Kaikosha in 1916. The book contains 75 photographic plates.When World War I began in 1914, Japan entered the war on the Allied side under the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Japanese and British forces then besieged Tsingtao in China’s Shandong Peninsula, an important German stronghold in East Asia.The book documents Japanese military units and transport operations, the battlefield around Tsingtao, German fortifications, defensive positions, and structures damaged during the fighting.Unlike a private soldier’s souvenir album, this was compiled by the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army as a photographic record of the campaign itself.Japan and Germany are now widely remembered as allies during World War II. Yet roughly 25 years earlier, the two nations had actually fought each other at Tsingtao during World War I.This book preserves that lesser-known chapter of Japanese and German military history through 75 photographic plates dating from more than a century ago.An interesting historical piece for collectors and researchers of WWI, the Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Germany, German colonial history, and the Siege of Tsingtao.Due to its age of more than 100 years, the book shows toning, staining, wear, and deterioration. There is noticeable wear to the binding and page edges. Please carefully review the photos for condition.Own a Piece of History.Shipping

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