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| Location Lat 36° 3' 58N Long 120° 22' 10E Tsingtao is located at an elevation of 52' / 15m in Shandong Province in China. Prewar and during World War II, known by the German spelling "Tsingtao". Borders Tsingtao Harbor to the west. Today known as Qingdao. History During May 1897 the Germans surveyed this area and identified Tsingtao Harbor as strategically important and occupied. The next year, China conceded the area as part of the Kiautschou Bay Concession. Administered the area by the Reichsmarineamt (Imperial Department of the Navy) as a base for the Far East Squadron. Starting in January 1898 based Marines of III Seebataillon. During World War I, in the 1914 the British Royal Navy with Allied Japan conducted the Siege of Tsingtao and occupied Tsingtao. Afterwards, the Allies failed to restore Chinese rule to the area and triggered the May Fourth Movement that led to Chinese control of the city being restored during December 1922. During the 1920s until the Sino-Japanese war, U.S. Navy (USN) warships and submarines based in the Philippines operated from Tsingtao during the summer to patrol the Chinese coast. Wartime History In 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War Japanese forces occupied Tsingtao. During November 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Tsingtao Special Base Force was under the command of Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita until 1945 when posted to Hong Kong. Starting in early February 1945, Tsingtao was targeted by American aircraft. Occupied by the Japanese until the official surrender of Japan in September 1945. American missions against Tsingtao February 9, 1945–February 20, 1945 Postwar During late 1945, Tsingtao served as the headquarters for the U.S. Navy (USN) Western Pacific Fleet. On June 2, 1949 the Communist People's Army occupied the city. Today, used as a base for the Chinese Navy Northern Fleet. Tsingtao Airfield (Yunuishan, Tsangkow, Chingtao) Wartime airfield used by the Japanese. Contribute
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