Russo-Japan war 1904 / Russo-Japan war / 1-osa

Venäjän–Japanin sota käytiin vuosina 1904–1905 Japanin ja Venäjän keisarikuntien välillä. Sota päättyi monien aikalaisten yllätykseksi Japanin voittoon, ja maan suurvaltakauden voi katsoa alkavan konfliktin päättäneestä Portsmouthin rauhansopimuksesta.

Sota aiheutti Venäjällä voimakasta yhteiskunnallista liikehdintää, niin sanotun vuoden 1905 vallankumouksen, joka johti lopulta perustuslailliseen monarkiaan. Suomen suuriruhtinaskunnassa levottomuudet johtivat ensimmäisen sortokauden päättymiseen ja vuoden 1906 eduskuntauudistukseen. 

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim oli sodassa mukana.

Venäjän–Japanin sotaa on kuvailtu ensimmäisen maailmansodan harjoitukseksi. 

Sitä on toisinaan pidetty ensimmäisenä nykyaikaisena sotana

       Venäjän ja Japanin delegaatiot solmimassa Portsmouthin rauhansopimusta

Venäjän - Japanin sota 1904

Russia had demonstrated an expansionist policy in Manchuria dating to the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. Through threat of Russian expansion, Japan offered to recognize Russian dominance in Manchuria in exchange for recognition of Korea as within the Japanese sphere of influence. Russia refused and demanded Korea north of the 39th parallel to be a neutral buffer zone between Russia and Japan. 




Russo-Japanese War
Clockwise from top: Russian cruiser Pallada under fire atPort Arthur, Russian cavalry at Mukden, Russian cruiserVaryag and gunboat Korietz at Chemulpo Bay, Japanese dead at Port Arthur, Japanese infantry crossing the Yalu River
Date8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905
(1 year, 6 months and 4 weeks)
LocationManchuriaYellow SeaKorean Peninsula
ResultJapanese victory; Treaty of Portsmouth
Empire of Japan Japan
Commanders and leaders
Casualties and losses
  • 47,152–47,400 killed
  • 11,424–11,500 died of wounds
  • 21,802–27,200 died of disease
  • 34,000–52,623 killed or died of wounds
  • 9,300–18,830 died of disease
  • 146,032 wounded
  • 74,369 captured
  • 50,688 deadweight loss


Russo Japanese War

The troops of the Qing Empire and the participants of the Boxer Rebellion could do nothing against such a massive army and were ejected from Manchuria. The Russian troops settled in and despite assurances they would vacate the area after the crisis, by 1903 the Russians had not established a timetable for withdrawall and had actually strengthened their position in Manchuria.

Troops of the eight-nation alliance in 1900. Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Japan.

4 kommenttia:

  1. This is a strange one that you don't hear much about. I think the Russians had their revenge 40 years later when they sent their armies crashing into Manchuria

    1. Hello.
      Do you never knew this, Port Arthur is the same as today is Sevastopol.
      You need to read more about this area of the Middle East, China - Mongolia - Russia.
      Russia and Japan have been fighting for a long time, and Chinese (for many inward-war)
      The battle of Stalingrad solution was these fresh, rested troops who had never fought before Stalingrad.
      These men had grown cold in Siberia and the originals residents, all of whom had skis, thick, good winter clothes and shoes, hunters, fishermen
      a log/forest of men

    2. Yeh I know about the fresh Siberian troops that were waiting for a Japan invasion were sent west when the Russian spies found that Japan was going to attack the USA and not Russia, They pushed the Germans back from the gages of Moscow in 1941

    3. Yeh!
      Well done.
      These troops were almost the same equipment as the Finnish civil guard soldiers at the time of the Winter War, and they also had skis and tents.

      However, I've read (only in my memory data)
      these troops used the Battle of Stalingrad

