Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · BATTLE SITE ·
Siege of Port Arthur (1904–05)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Port Arthur”
Aug 1904–Jan 1905 — General Nogi’s Third Army loses nearly 60,000 men killed and wounded in assaults before the Russian fortress surrenders on 2 January. The capture of 203 Metre Hill in December let Japanese guns sink the Russian squadron sheltering in the harbour below.
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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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- Mao’s China
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