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The Russo-Japanese War was fought during 1904 and 1905 between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.The major theatres of operations were the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria and the seas around Korea, Japan and the Yellow Sea.It was the first major military victory in the modern era of an Asian power over a European one.
Military leaders and senior tsarist officials agreed before the war that Russia was a much stronger nation and had little to fear from the Oriental newcomer. The fanatical zeal of the Japanese infantrymen astonished the Russians, who were dismayed by the apathy, backwardness, and defeatism of their own soldiers.The defeats of the Army and Navy shook up Russian confidence. Throughout 1905, the Imperial Russian government was rocked by revolution. The population was against escalation of the war. The empire was certainly capable of sending more troops but this would make little difference in the outcome due to the poor state of the economy, the embarrassing defeats of the Russian Army and Navy by the Japanese, and the relative unimportance to Russia of the disputed land made the war extremely unpopular.Tsar Nicholas II elected to negotiate peace so he could concentrate on internal matters after the disaster of Bloody Sunday on 9 January 1905.
Both sides accepted the offer of United States President Theodore Roosevelt to mediate. Meetings were held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with Sergei Witte leading the Russian delegation and Baron Komura leading the Japanese delegation. The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on 5 September 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard .
It was a negotiated peace, rather than a complete or crushing victory, but hugely important for Japan's rising status in the world.
I recommend you all to watch a very wonderful film “203 kochi (1980)” about the Russo-Japanese War,which was shot by Toshio Masuda of Japan.Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905.
"The Russo-Japanese War" series will be launched in November and December respectively,the Japanese army will be launched in November and the Russian army will be launched in December.
Hope to get your attention.
Best wishes,
TM Jack
Military leaders and senior tsarist officials agreed before the war that Russia was a much stronger nation and had little to fear from the Oriental newcomer. The fanatical zeal of the Japanese infantrymen astonished the Russians, who were dismayed by the apathy, backwardness, and defeatism of their own soldiers.The defeats of the Army and Navy shook up Russian confidence. Throughout 1905, the Imperial Russian government was rocked by revolution. The population was against escalation of the war. The empire was certainly capable of sending more troops but this would make little difference in the outcome due to the poor state of the economy, the embarrassing defeats of the Russian Army and Navy by the Japanese, and the relative unimportance to Russia of the disputed land made the war extremely unpopular.Tsar Nicholas II elected to negotiate peace so he could concentrate on internal matters after the disaster of Bloody Sunday on 9 January 1905.
Both sides accepted the offer of United States President Theodore Roosevelt to mediate. Meetings were held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with Sergei Witte leading the Russian delegation and Baron Komura leading the Japanese delegation. The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on 5 September 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard .
It was a negotiated peace, rather than a complete or crushing victory, but hugely important for Japan's rising status in the world.
I recommend you all to watch a very wonderful film “203 kochi (1980)” about the Russo-Japanese War,which was shot by Toshio Masuda of Japan.Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905.
"The Russo-Japanese War" series will be launched in November and December respectively,the Japanese army will be launched in November and the Russian army will be launched in December.
Hope to get your attention.
Best wishes,
TM Jack
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