THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: Primary Causes of Japanese Success

From: Naval War College Review | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Koda, Yoji | Copyright information

The year 2005 is the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the second World War. It also marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of the Russo-Japanese War. For Japan, and for Western powers as well, that war, fought in the Far East in 1904 and 1905, has significance in many respects.

Japan joined the international community in the mid-nineteenth century. That period of history is known as "the age of imperialism" and was characterized by the dominance of Western nations on the world sc...

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