Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) Archives

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Analysis

Is Russia really invincible? History suggests otherwise

Russia's defeats in Crimea, Japan, WWI, and Afghanistan tell a clear story: Moscow's military isn't invincible. For Ukraine's allies, this history matters.

byBenjamin Looijen

Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905: Japanese soldiers entering a bombed fort to find dead and wounded men. Halftone, c. 1905, after C. M. Sheldon, from photographs. Source: Wellcome Images via Wikimedia

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Opinion
Russia

Russia’s war against covid likely to have consequences like its war against Japan in 1904-1905, El Murid says

For the Putin regime, the war against the coronavirus pandemic is increasingly analogous to the tsarist regime’s war…

byPaul A. Goble

The Battle of Port Arthur by Torajirō Kasai. The print shows, in the foreground, a Russian battleship exploding under bombardment from Japanese battleships; a line of Japanese battleships, positioned on the right, fire on a line of Russian battleships on the left, in a surprise naval assault on the Russian fleet at the Battle of Port Arthur (8–9 February 1904) in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. (Image: Library of Congress)

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International
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Nicholas II wanted ‘good little war’ with Japan; Putin needs one in Ukraine, Kalashnikov says

Nicholas II famously wanted “a good little war” that would bring him victory and shore up popular support…

byPaul A. Goble