Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · BATTLE SITE ·
Shimonoseki campaign (1863–64)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Shimonoseki”
1863–1864 — Chōshū fires on foreign ships in its strait to obey the court’s order to expel the barbarians. In September 1864 seventeen British, French, Dutch and American warships silence its forts in two days, and Chōshū’s leaders turn from expulsion to modern weapons.
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- Meiji Restoration and Boshin War (chapter 3 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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