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Russo-Japanese War

War between Russia and Japan over imperial ambitions in East Asia.

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Russo-Japanese War

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The Japanese elite viewed Korea and China as backward, justifying conquest as a right.[1] Japan and Britain signed the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902, which gave Japan confidence to commence hostilities.[2][3] Pre-war negotiations failed, with historians arguing that Emperor Nicholas II's mismanagement directly caused the breakdown.[4] From 1894 to 1895, Japan engaged in its first major post-Restoration war, against China, over control of Korea.[5]

Japanese propaganda map of World War I and the Russo-Japanese War
Japanese propaganda map of World War I and the Russo-Japanese War. Image: Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Russia then took over the Liaodong Peninsula in 1897 and constructed the Port Arthur fortress there.[6] Russia also constructed the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria and, later, the South Manchurian Railroad.[5][7] Japanese elder statesman Itō Hirobumi, believing Japan too weak to expel Russia by force, suggested that Russia be given Manchuria while Japan controlled northern Korea.[2]

Bulla 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War-4
Bulla 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War-4. Image: Karl Bulla · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bulla 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War-3
Bulla 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War-3. Image: Виктор Карлович Булла · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Italian map of the Russo-Japanese War
Italian map of the Russo-Japanese War. Image: Imperial Instituto Artistico · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War medal reverse
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War medal reverse. Image: MChew · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What the cited sources add

A 1904 Japanese government publication presents the correspondence between Baron Komura and Mr. Kurino during the pre-war negotiations.[8][9]

1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War medal front
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War medal front. Image: MChew · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Storry 1979, p. 15–16; . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Katō 2007, p. 96 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nish 1985, p. ch. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Esthus 1981, p. 411; Tolf, "The Russian Rockfellers", Hoover Press, 1976, p. 156; Esthus 1981, p. 411 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jukes 2002, p. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Russo-Japanese War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Connaughton 1988, p. 19–20 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "Baron Komura to Mr. Kurino", 5 October 1903 }} in {{harvnb. facts only, no text reused. archive.org
  9. "Baron Komura to Mr. Kurino", 3 August 1903 }} in {{harvnb. facts only, no text reused. archive.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Russo-Japanese War (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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