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| - Russo-Japanese War (February 8, 1904 – September 5, 1905) was the first major international war of the 20th century and the last major international war to be waged without airpower. The conflict was the result of classic great power geopolitical comopetition for territory with strategic military value. Imperial Japan defeated Imperial Russia in a contest for control over Korea and Manchuria. Moscow had been motivated to lease Port Arthur from Qing Dynasty Imperial China and begin large scale railroad construction across Manchuria in an effort to gain a warm water port on the Pacific. Imperial Japan was motivated by a desire to acquire new territory from a much weakened China and to block a permanent Russian naval presence in the Yellow Sea, which would threaten its core territory.
- The Russo-Japanese War was a war between Russia and Japan fought in 1905. Soldiers from the Russo-Japanese War were abducted by the War Lords for their war games. The survivors of the games were returned to Earth after the War Lords were defeated. (TV: The War Games)
- The Russo-Japanese War (10 February 1904 - 5 September 1905), also known as the Manchuria Campaign in some English sources, grew out of competing imperialist interests of the Russian and Japanese Empires in far East Asia to establish their own 'spheres of influence, primarily dealing with control of Manchuria and Korea. The major fields of battle were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.
- __NOEDITSECTION__ The Russo-Japanese War, as its name implies, was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan. As its name doesn’t imply, most of the fighting took place in Manchuria and on the Korean peninsula, much to the distaste of the people living there at the time. Hostilities began on February 10th 1904, and lasted until September of 1905, with the budding Japanese Empire emerging victorious. Indeed, Russia’s army of conscripted peasants armed with bolt-action rifles and empty vodka bottles proved wholly ineffective against Japan’s numerous cyborg ninjas and fleet of giant robots piloted by angsty fourteen-year-olds, resulting in the Russian forces being completely routed at every single major engagement of the war.
- The Russians were in constant pursuit of a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy as well as for maritime trade. The recently established Pacific seaport of Vladivostok was operational only during the summer season, but Port Arthur would be operational all year. From the end of the First Sino-Japanese War to 1903, negotiations between the Tsar's government and Japan had proved futile. Japan chose war to protect its exclusive dominance in Korea. Russia, meanwhile, saw war as a means of distracting the populace from government repression and rallying patriotism in the aftermath of several general strikes.
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| - Russo-Japanese War (February 8, 1904 – September 5, 1905) was the first major international war of the 20th century and the last major international war to be waged without airpower. The conflict was the result of classic great power geopolitical comopetition for territory with strategic military value. Imperial Japan defeated Imperial Russia in a contest for control over Korea and Manchuria. Moscow had been motivated to lease Port Arthur from Qing Dynasty Imperial China and begin large scale railroad construction across Manchuria in an effort to gain a warm water port on the Pacific. Imperial Japan was motivated by a desire to acquire new territory from a much weakened China and to block a permanent Russian naval presence in the Yellow Sea, which would threaten its core territory.
- The Russians were in constant pursuit of a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy as well as for maritime trade. The recently established Pacific seaport of Vladivostok was operational only during the summer season, but Port Arthur would be operational all year. From the end of the First Sino-Japanese War to 1903, negotiations between the Tsar's government and Japan had proved futile. Japan chose war to protect its exclusive dominance in Korea. Russia, meanwhile, saw war as a means of distracting the populace from government repression and rallying patriotism in the aftermath of several general strikes. The resulting campaigns, in which the fledgling Japanese military consistently attained victory over the Russian forces arrayed against them, were unexpected by world observers. These victories, as time transpired, would dramatically transform the balance of power in East Asia, resulting in a reassessment of Japan's recent entry onto the world stage. The embarrassing string of defeats increased Russian popular dissatisfaction with the inefficient and corrupt Tsarist government and proved a major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905.
- The Russo-Japanese War was a war between Russia and Japan fought in 1905. Soldiers from the Russo-Japanese War were abducted by the War Lords for their war games. The survivors of the games were returned to Earth after the War Lords were defeated. (TV: The War Games)
- The Russo-Japanese War (10 February 1904 - 5 September 1905), also known as the Manchuria Campaign in some English sources, grew out of competing imperialist interests of the Russian and Japanese Empires in far East Asia to establish their own 'spheres of influence, primarily dealing with control of Manchuria and Korea. The major fields of battle were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. The Russian Empire was in pursuit of a warm-water port, a port where the water does not freeze over in winter, on the Pacific Ocean to find a place to house it's Navy as well as for maritime trade. The search came to Port Arthur, a town on the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in China. Just two years after having forced Japan from occupying the port with the threat of war, a Russian fleet appeared off Port Arthur, and Russia forced China into leasing the port to them. Subsequent encroachment of Chinese territory by Russia, so close to Japanese territorial possessions in Manchuria and Korea, led to fear in Japan that Russia was threatening it's Imperial claims. Negotiations to settle the dispute diplomatically failed, and Japan issued a declaration of war on 8 February 1904 in a move to protect it's dominance in Korea. The Tsar government in Russia, meanwhile, saw the war as a way to distract the populace from government repression and rally the country in Patriotism, after having experience several general strikes among the working class. The following campaigns saw the fledgling Japanese military score a string of victories against Russian forces, surprising international observers and increasing political dissatisfaction among the populace of Russia. The war changed the political balance of East Asia, seeing the newly emergent Japan playing a more crucial role in political and economic affairs in the region, while the embarrassing string of defeats against the established power Russia, by what had seemed a meagre foe, led to dissatisfaction with the Tsarist regime in Russia, now viewed as inefficient and corrupt. This proved to be a major factor in the Russian Revolution of 1905, which saw the deposition of the government.
- __NOEDITSECTION__ The Russo-Japanese War, as its name implies, was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan. As its name doesn’t imply, most of the fighting took place in Manchuria and on the Korean peninsula, much to the distaste of the people living there at the time. Hostilities began on February 10th 1904, and lasted until September of 1905, with the budding Japanese Empire emerging victorious. Indeed, Russia’s army of conscripted peasants armed with bolt-action rifles and empty vodka bottles proved wholly ineffective against Japan’s numerous cyborg ninjas and fleet of giant robots piloted by angsty fourteen-year-olds, resulting in the Russian forces being completely routed at every single major engagement of the war. Though the Russo-Japanese War is largely forgotten today, its importance should not be overlooked. Japan’s resounding defeat of the Russian Empire led to a power shift in Eastern Asia, resulting in Japan’s ultimate recognition by the world community as an imperial power just as corrupt and oppressive as those of the West. Russia’s tremendous loss of life, material, territory and international prestige, meanwhile, set an important precedent in the way Russia would fight all of its future wars. Finally, the war’s cessation at the behest of American President Theodore Roosevelt not only gave the United States the century-long confidence to meddle in other nations’ affairs, but also set the important precedent of an American President being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize despite doing absolutely fucking nothing at all to deserve it.
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