Russia - Japan War (1904 - 1905)

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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major theatres of military operations were in Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, and the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
Japan achieved complete victory, bringing shock and awe to the prevailing powers and transforming the balance of power in both East Asia and Europe, resulting in Japan's emergence as a great power and a decline in the Russian Empire's prestige and influence in Europe. Russia's incurrence of substantial casualties and losses for a cause that resulted in humiliating defeat contributed to a growing domestic unrest which culminated in the 1905 Russian Revolution, and severely damaged the prestige of the Russian autocracy.
Timeline
1800s century - The Russian Empire’s expansion into eastern Asia begins to encroach on the Chinese Empire, ultimately forcing the ruling Qing monarchy to sign two treaties ceding Outer Manchuria to Russia
Early 1900s - Russia sets its sights into Inner Manchuria and Korea, which bring it into a collision course with the emerging Japanese Empire, which has also begun increasing interference into Korea’s affairs
1894 - War breaks out between China and Japan over Korea; Japanese forces triumph decisively, and Japan becomes the controlling power over Korea
1896 - 1896 - Russia and China sign a number of treaties, which allow Russia to gain control of Manchuria, including Port Arthur
1896 - Korea also seeks Russian protection because of increasing Japanese interference
1901 - 1903 - Japan and Russia hold a number of negotiations to try and resolve their dispute over Manchuria and Korea
February 1904 - Japan declares war Russia following the breakdown of talks
February 8, 1904 - Japanese warships attack Port Arthur, which ends in an inconclusive battle
February - March 1904 - Japanese troops land in Korea
April 1904 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians at the Battle of Yalu River; Japanese forces enter Manchuria
May 1904 - Japanese forces land on the Liaodong coast north of Port Arthur
June 1904 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians in Telissu
July 1904 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians in Tashishchiao
August 1904 - In the Port Arthur sector, Japanese forces capture the eastern hills but are repulsed on the western hills
July 1904 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians at Hsimucheng
August-September 1904 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians at Liaoyang
October 1904 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians at the Battle of Shaho River
December 1904 - Japanese forces capture strategic 203-meter Hill, which allow them to mount powerful artillery guns and open fire on Port Arthur below
January 1, 1905 - The Russian commander in Port Arthur surrenders, bringing the nine-month battle to an end
January 1905 - Japanese forces defeat the Russians at the Battle of Sandepu
February 1905 - Japanese forces capture Mukden, allowing them to gain control of the whole of southern Manchuria and Port Arthur
Late May 1905 - The Japanese Navy achieves a stunning one-sided victory over the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima Strait; as a result, Russia abandons its hawkish position and agrees to negotiate an end to the war
June 1905 - Hard-line positions by Russian and Japanese negotiators in Portsmouth, New Hampshire incite Japanese forces to seize Russia’s Sakhalin Island
September 1905 - Russia and Japan sign the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the war and recognizing Japan as the ruling power over Korea and Manchuria

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@ 2:03 It should be "Chinese Eastern Railway (aka Trans-Manchurian Railway)", not "Trans-Siberian Railway" (which was inside Russia)
@ 2:29 It should be "southern branch" (of Chinese Eastern Railway), not "South Manchuria Railway"; the "South Manchuria Railway" was the name given after Japan gained control of the railway line

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The surprise attack in Port Arthur has been compared to Pearl Harbor. Tsar Nicholas II was incredulous that a small nation such as Japan would provoke a giant, powerful nation such as the Russian Empire.

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Sadly, another forgotten war - 2.5 million soldiers fought in this war and over 200,000 killed✝