The Japanese Siege of Tsingtau
Author | : Charles Burton Burdick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles Burton Burdick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9781526702937 |
Author | : Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2017-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526702940 |
“A well-written, modern narrative of the political and military events leading up to, during and after the German-Japanese War of 1914.”—The Australian Naval Institute The German-Japanese War was a key, yet often neglected, episode in the opening phase of the First World War. It had profound implications for the future, particularly in respect of Japan’s acquisition of Germany’s Micronesian islands. Japan’s naval perimeter was extended and threatened the United States naval strategy of projecting force westward. The campaign to relieve Germany of Tsingtau, the port and naval base in China, and its hinterland posed a grave threat to Chinese independence. The course of the Second World War in China and the Pacific cannot be explained without reference to these events. Charles Stephenson’s account makes fascinating reading. The siege of Tsingtau by the Japanese, with token British participation, forms the core of his story. He draws on Japanese and German primary sources to describe the defenses, the landings, the course of the siege, and eventual German surrender. His study will be absorbing reading for anyone interested in the campaigns of the First World War outside of Europe, in German colonial expansion and the rise to power of Japan. “Overall the volume delivers a much needed, interesting and often highly detailed overview of operations in the Pacific and the siege of Tsingtau. The volume excels especially in its detailed narrative of naval and land operations in the Pacific and in China. The geopolitical background provides a most useful introduction to the history of the region.”—International Journal of Maritime History
Author | : Jefferson Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Eastern question (Far East). |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jonathan Fenby |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 2014-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143800124 |
In 1914, Europe was not the only continent coming to terms with a new form of conflict. Through a mix of complex alliances and global ambition, the war had spread to northern China, where the German-held port of Tsingtao became a key battleground. To strike a blow at Kaiser Wilhelm's naval forces, Britain and its ally Japan lay siege to the port during October and November. In The Siege of Tsingtao, the first of the Penguin China Specials on the First World War, celebrated historian Jonathan Fenby examines the causes of the battle, the ulterior motives for it, and the path it helped set East Asia on for decades to come.
Author | : Jefferson Jones |
Publisher | : Trieste Publishing |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2017-07-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780649003235 |
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Author | : Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An overview of Germany's naval and imperial activities in East Asia and the Pacific in the years leading up to the First World War.
Author | : Oleg Benesch |
Publisher | : Past and Present Book |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198706626 |
Inventing the Way of the Samurai examines the development of the 'way of the samurai' - bushido; - which is popularly viewed as a defining element of the Japanese national character and even the 'soul of Japan'. Rather than a continuation of ancient traditions, however, bushido; developed from a search for identity during Japan's modernization in the late nineteenth century. The former samurai class were widely viewed as a relic of a bygone age in the 1880s, and the first significant discussions of bushido at the end of the decade were strongly influenced by contemporary European ideals of gentlemen and chivalry. At the same time, Japanese thinkers increasingly looked to their own traditions in search of sources of national identity, and this process accelerated as national confidence grew with military victories over China and Russia. Inventing the Way of the Samurai considers the people, events, and writings that drove the rapid growth of bushido, which came to emphasize martial virtues and absolute loyalty to the emperor. In the early twentieth century, bushido; became a core subject in civilian and military education, and was a key ideological pillar supporting the imperial state until its collapse in 1945. The close identification of bushido; with Japanese militarism meant that it was rejected immediately after the war, but different interpretations of bushido; were soon revived by both Japanese and foreign commentators seeking to explain Japan's past, present, and future. This volume further explores the factors behind the resurgence of bushido, which has proven resilient through 130 years of dramatic social, political, and cultural change.
Author | : Edwin Palmer Hoyt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | : Pen & Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-07-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781526785947 |
Did Japan surrender in 1945 because of the death and devastation caused by the atomic bombs dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima and Nagasaki or because of the crushing defeat inflicted on their armies by the Soviet Union in Manchukuo, the puppet state they set up in north-east China? Indeed, the Red Army's rapid and total victory in Manchukuo has been relatively neglected by historians. Charles Stephenson, in this scholarly and highly readable new study, describes the political, diplomatic and military build-up to the Soviet offensive and its decisive outcome. He also considers to what extent Japan's capitulation is attributable to the atomic bomb or the stunningly successful entry of the Soviet Union into the conflict. The military side of the story is explored in fascinating detail - the invasion of Manchukuo itself where the Soviet 'Deep Battle' concept was employed with shattering results, and secondary actions in Korea, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. But equally absorbing is the account of the decision-making that gave rise to the offensive and the political and diplomatic background to it, and in particular the Yalta conference. There, Stalin allowed the Americans to persuade him to join the war in the east; a conflict he was determined on entering anyway. Charles Stephenson's engrossing narrative throws new light on the last act of the Second World War.