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The siege of Tsingtao (German: Belagerung von Tsingtau; Japanese: 青島の戦い; simplified Chinese: 青岛战役; traditional Chinese: 青島戰役) was the attack on the German port of Qingdao (Tsingtao) from Jiaozhou Bay during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom.
Map of Kiautschou Bay with Tsingtau, 1905. The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory [a] was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of 552 km 2 (213 sq mi), it centered on Kiautschou Bay (Jiaozhou Bay) on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula.
By 2011, the port had become the world's sixth-busiest by Total Cargo Volume, having handled 372,000,000 metric tons (366,000,000 long tons; 410,000,000 short tons) of cargo in that year. As of 2016, it was the 8th in the world in terms of TEUs (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units). [64] The Orient Ferry connects Qingdao with Shimonoseki, Japan.
Here's a look at the top 10 single-season rushing yards in NCAA history: Bowl stats were not included in NCAA record keeping before 2002. Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State: 2,628 yards (1988)
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These hero officers and good Samaritans saved children from thin ice, drowning, choking and a hostage situation, and adults from falling off a bridge and a house fire.
[1] [6] On 1 June 1918 the prisoners mounted the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the country. This event is the origin of the popularity of the symphony in Japan, performed numerous times at the end of each year , and is celebrated annually with a concert at the Naruto Bunka Kaikan on the first Sunday in June, [ 7 ] [ 8 ...
Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon celebrated a low-key holiday season in Carmel, Calif., a source tells PEOPLE. "Brad wrapped filming of F1 before the holidays,” says the insider of Pitt’s upcoming ...