Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Port Arthur massacre (1894)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Port Arthur, 1894”
21–24 Nov 1894 — After capturing the fortress from China, Japanese troops killed captured soldiers and many of the town’s civilians. Documented deaths in the town number about 2,600; estimates that include soldiers and the surrounding countryside run to 20,000 or more. Reports by the journalist James Creelman caused an international outcry.
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- Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars (chapter 6 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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