Siege of Tsingtao

But business continued.

After the siege of Tsingtao and capture of the brewery, it took two years for the Anglo-German Brewery Company to be unwound and the business sold to a Japanese firm.

Total trade for Japan in Shanghai from 1912 to 1918 rose from 19.4% to 45.5%.

Japan was doing well out of the war as were Americans trading with many nations in a neutral country.

I've enjoyed reading all its detail, great chapters and illustrations too.

It also makes clever use of one-page information panels that provide precis, graphics, cartoons and statistics on particular topics.

Also published by Pen and Sword, The Siege of Tsingtao by Claude Stevenson.

Another reference which has a small section focused on the Chinese Labour Corps is David Olusogu's tome of over 400 pages, The World's War.

I think it's an interesting case of how words appear in different languages from different sources.

So the main book references for this episode were The Siege of Tsingtao by Charles Stevenson.

This book provides an overview of the Emden's actions after leaving the East Asia Squadron in August 1914.

I've also been able to access both of von Mucha's books in digitized forms.