Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905) was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of Imperial Russia and Japan in Manchuria and Korea. It resulted in a surprise victory by Japan, establishing Japan as a major world power.

Notes toward an article

• February 8, 1904 Surprise Japanese attack on Port Arthur botles up Russian Fleet
• Further victories by Japan result in January 2, 1905 surrender of Port Arthur
• Japanese victory at Mukden/Shenyang February 19-March 10, 1905
• Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroys Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski at Battle of Tsushima May 27-28, 1905
• Mediation by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt leads to Treaty of Portsmouth, N.H. (September 5)

Other dates: Relations severed 6 Feb 1904; war declared Feb 10; battle of the Yalu c.Apr 26-May 1; battle of Liaoyang c.Aug 24-Sep 4; battle of the Shaho Oct 9-16; (Dogger Bank incident Oct 21): Roosevelt offers mediation 8 Jun 1905; talks open Aug 10.

[All above dates are New-Style (Gregorian): for conformity, where there are two, use the one that reads 13 days "later" than the other.]

Links

• Military factbook: http://www.skalman.nu/russo-japanese/
• Russo-Japanese War research society: http://www.russojapan.com/
• Text of the Treaty of Portsmouth: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/portsmouth.html
• Russian Navy history of war: http://www.navy.ru/history/hrn10-e.htm