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Facts

Date May 27, 1905 - May 29, 1905
Location Sea of Japan / East Sea • South Korea • Pacific Ocean • Busan • Tsushima Strait
Participants Japan • Russia
Context Russo-Japanese War

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Historical map showing the main locations of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) in East Asia. The map highlights battles at Port Arthur, Mukden, Liaoyang, and Tsushima, as well as the Trans-Siberian Railroad route through Siberia and Manchuria. It includes the regions of Manchuria, Korea, the Empire of Japan, and nearby seas, with country boundaries as they were in 1904-1905.
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Battle of Port Arthur
Battle of Port Arthur
February 2, 1904 - August 9, 1904
Battleships at Port Arthur
Battle of the Yellow Sea
August 10, 1904
Russian soldiers and horse-drawn carts crowd a street as smoke rises from burning buildings in Mukden, Manchuria, during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
Battle of Mukden
February 20, 1905 - March 10, 1905
Historical map showing the main locations of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) in East Asia. The map highlights battles at Port Arthur, Mukden, Liaoyang, and Tsushima, as well as the Trans-Siberian Railroad route through Siberia and Manchuria. It includes the regions of Manchuria, Korea, the Empire of Japan, and nearby seas, with country boundaries as they were in 1904-1905.
Battle of Tsushima
May 27, 1905 - May 29, 1905

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