# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pershing Lecture Series | Forlorn in the Far East: German Tsingtao
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: In 1914, Tsingtao was the crown jewel of Germany's Pacific colonies – a jewel long coveted by the Japanese Empire. In the first months of WWI, Japanese-led Allied forces besieged the fortified German port on the Chinese coast. The German defenders expected no reinforcements but refused to surrender without fighting. 

Historian Scott Stephenson examines the two-month siege and the final capture of the doomed garrison.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Wednesday, March 25
6:30 p.m. Central 
Free with RSVP
Auditorium and Online
Register: https://theworldwar.org/events/pershing-lecture-series-forlorn-far-east-german-tsingtao
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kansas-city/pershing-lecture-series-|-forlorn-in-the-far-east-german-tsingtao/200029681919135
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108
- **lat**: 39.08066
- **long**: -94.58598
- **full address**: 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108

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- **Q**: When and where is Pershing Lecture Series | Forlorn in the Far East: German Tsingtao being held?
  - **A:** Pershing Lecture Series | Forlorn in the Far East: German Tsingtao takes place on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm at 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108.
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