Modernization of Japan
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the Meiji government endeavoured to assimilate Western ideas, technological advances and ways … See more

Japan issued a declaration of war on 8 February 1904. However, three hours before Japan's declaration of war was received by the … See more

Port Arthur, on the Liaodong Peninsula in the south of Manchuria, had been fortified into a major naval base by the Russian Imperial Army. Since … See more

Treaty of Portsmouth
Military leaders and senior tsarist officials agreed before the war that Russia was a much stronger nation … See more

Japan
Japan had conducted detailed studies of the Russian Far East and Manchuria prior to the war and, as it … See more

With the fall of Port Arthur, the Japanese 3rd Army could continue northward to reinforce positions south of Russian-held Mukden. … See more

Historical significance
The Russo-Japanese War introduced a number of characteristics that came to define 20th-century politics and warfare. Many of the … See more