Photos, information and interesting facts about the Russian-Japonese war (1904-1905)

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    • Photos, information and interesting facts about the Russian-Japonese war (1904-1905)

      The Russo-Japanese war (Русско-японская en in Russian, 日露戦争, Nichirosensō in Japanese) (February 8, 1904 - September 5, 1905) was a dispute by the rival imperialist ambitions of the Imperial Russia and Japan in Manchuria and Korea. The main scenarios of the conflict were the area around the peninsula of Liaodong and Mukden, the seas of Korea and Japan and the sea yellow.

      The Russians were looking for a port of warm water (which does not freeze in winter) 2 in the Pacific Ocean for use of its Navy and maritime trade, the port of Vladivostok alone could operate during the summer, but Port Arthur (China) would be able to keep operating all year round.

      After the first Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895), the Treaty of Shimonoseki granted Japan the island of Taiwan, as well as the protectorate over Korea and the Liaodong peninsula. Subsequently, Japan was forced to give Port Arthur to Russia. In 1903, the negotiations between Russia and Japan turned out to be useless, so Japan decided to go to war to maintain their exclusive dominance in Korea.

      The resulting campaigns, in which Imperial Japanese army achieved several victories on a consistent basis over their Russian opponents, were a fact unexpected for many in the world, because it was the first time that a non-Caucasian people faced and overcame a European imperialist power. These victories would dramatically transform the balance of power in East Asia, which would result in the consolidation of Japan as a major country on the world stage. The shameful defeats caused dissatisfaction in the Russians with his inefficient and corrupt Tsarist Government, and were one of the main causes of the Russian revolution of 1905.







      After the war, the Empire of Japan became a power in Asia, in this way began the rivalries against the Soviet Union, the Russo-Japanese war was the beginning of the expansion of the Japanese Empire.


      "I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.


      "Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.