Theodore Roosevelt mediated the signing of a peace treaty for this conflict at (*) Portsmouth.
British codebreakers in Malaya assisted one side during this conflict. During this conflict, General Kuropatkin organized a retreat after losing 90,000 men in the Battle of Mukden. Theodore Roosevelt mediated the signing of a peace treaty for this conflict at (*) Portsmouth. One side utilized a "crossing the T" strategy during this conflict to decisively defeat the other's Second Pacific Squadron at the Battle of Tsushima Straits. For 10 points, name this 1904-1905 conflict, the first in modern history that saw an Asian country defeat a European power.
British codebreakers in Malaya assisted one side during this conflict.
Russo-Japanese War