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The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. [5] The major theatres of military operations were in the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
Bombardment during the Siege of Port Arthur (September 30, 1904 – January 2, 1905) The following are known battles of the Russo-Japanese War, including all major engagements. The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 until 1905. The conflict grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire over Manchuria ...
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Japan Russia: Victory. Treaty of Portsmouth; Russia cedes Guandong Leased Territory and South Sakhalin to Japan; Battle of Namdaemun (1907) Japan Korea: Victory. Imperial Korean Armed Forces was disbanded. Beipu uprising (1907) Japan: Hakka Saisiyat: Victory. Marked a new phase in armed Taiwanese resistance ...
Polish–Soviet War: After its total occupation by Polish forces, the Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR was dissolved. 14 November: Great Siberian Ice March:Admiral Kolchak's Army starts retreating from Omsk to Chita 1920: 2 February: Estonian War of Independence: Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Tartu, renouncing all claims on Estonian territory.
Russo-Japanese War: Japan launched a surprise torpedo attack on the Imperial Russian Navy at Port Arthur. 1905: 5 September: Russo-Japanese War: Japan became the first modern Asian nation to win a war against an Eastern European nation (Russia). The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ceding some Russian property and territory to Japan and ending ...
The Battle of Port Arthur (Japanese: 旅順口海戦, Hepburn: Ryojunkō Kaisen) [2] of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War.It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the neutral Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur, Manchuria, and continued with an engagement the following morning; further skirmishing off Port Arthur would ...
No Russian territory had been seized, and the Russians continued to build up reinforcements via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Recognizing that a long war was not to Japan's advantage, the Japanese government as early as July 1904 had begun seeking out intermediaries to assist in bringing the war to a negotiated conclusion. [2]
August 22 – Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1904; August 24–September 4 – Battle of Liaoyang; October 5–17 – Battle of Shaho; Unknown date – Hirano Rubber Manufacturing, as predecessor of Toyo Tire was founded. [page needed]