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A joint force of Japanese and British soldiers captured the German controlled city of Tsingtao in northern China.
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Japanese forces captured the German colonies of the Mariana (except Guam), Marshall and Caroline Islands.
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The Japanese navy secured sea lanes in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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The British asked the the Japanese navy to escort supply ships in the Mediterranean. They lost one destroyer called the Sakaki.
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Japan contributed 12,000 men to the Siberian Expeditionary Force. Along with America who sent 8,000 soldiers.
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The Japanese delegation wanted the German colonies in the Pacific and wanted to be recognized as an equal nation. They didn’t get the second one because president Woodrow Wilson wanted to get the League of Nations ratified in America. Especially in the south where they were still quite racist. It didn’t pass anyway because of American ideals.