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In the first week of World War I Japan proposed to the United Kingdom, that Japan would enter the war if it could take Germany's Pacific territories. [4] On 7 August 1914, the British government officially asked Japan for assistance in destroying the Imperial German Navy in and around Chinese waters.
The onset of the First World War in Europe eventually showed how far German–Japanese relations had truly deteriorated. On 7 August 1914, only three days after Britain declared war on the German Empire, the Japanese government received an official request from the British government for assistance in destroying the German raiders of the Kaiserliche Marine in and around Chinese waters.
Events January 2 Eastern: The Russian offensive in the Carpathians begins. It will continue until April 12. January 4–11 Middle Eastern, Persian: Ottomans occupy Urmia and Tabriz by surprise. January 18 Politics: Japan attempts to impose its Twenty-One Demands on neutral China. January 18–19 African, East African: Battle of Jassin. January ...
Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on 28 August 2019. 20 September to 2 November: 2019 Rugby World Cup begins in Japan. 29 November: An oldest living former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone died of natural causes at aged 101. 2020: 15 January
On 22 July 1917, Siam declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. Twelve German vessels docked in Siamese ports were immediately seized. The crews and other Central Power nationals were detained and sent to India to join their fellow citizens in British India's existing civilian internment camps.
The military history of Japan covers a vast time-period of over three millennia - from the Jōmon (c. 1000 BC) to the present day. After a long period of clan warfare until the 12th century, there followed feudal wars that culminated in military governments known as the Shogunate.
Japan entered the war on the side of the Entente, against Germany and Austria-Hungary as a consequence of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Japanese participation in the war was limited. Campaigns or operations included the capture of Tsingtao , the hunt for the German East Asia Squadron , the capture of German colonies in the Pacific , and ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."