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Russo-Japanese War: Death of Admiral Makarov
In my ongoing series about the RJW, I had planned to make only a brief note about Makarov’s death before moving on to the Battle of Yalu River. But the circumstance of his death caught my imagination, so I have … Continue reading
Russo-Japanese War: Torpedoes at Port Arthur
This is part of a series about the Russo-Japanese War. On February 6, 1904, a Japanese squadron sailed from its base at Sasebo on the southwest coast, near Nagasaki. They were to make a surprise attack on the Russian fleet … Continue reading
Russo-Japanese War: Insult and humiliation
My last two posts focused on the Trans-Siberian Railway. This one describes how Russia and Japan went to war over territorial ambitions embodied in the railway. In the spring of 1891, three years before his father died and he became … Continue reading
1870 to 1918 