Japan enters WWI and seizes German Pacific colonies
August 23, 1914
Japan, bound by treaty to Britain, declared war on Germany and proceeded to take German possessions in China and the Pacific: Tsingtao, the Marianas, the Marshalls, the Carolines. Japan would keep these islands until 1945. The empire had quietly acquired a Pacific reach that would one day make the Pearl Harbor attack possible.
In context
Also in 1914 (5 other events on record)
- Franz Ferdinand shot in Sarajevo · Europe · War
- Germany invades Belgium, Britain declares war · Europe · War
- Marne halts German advance · Europe · War
- Panama Canal opens · North America · Technology
- US occupies Veracruz · North America · War
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in War
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.