THE BUZZ In 1904, Russia and Japan Went to War (And Asia Has Never Been the Same Since) Robert Farley World War I and World War II so transformed the maps of both Europe and Asia that discerning the influence … Continue reading
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Dec. 7, 1941 George Petras, USA TODAY December 6, 2016 The USS Arizona explodes and sinks in the first wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor. Seventy-five years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a devastating surprise attack against U.S. air … Continue reading
Historic Russian ship returns to mooring after refit SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian cruiser Aurora, whose salvo against the Winter Palace sounded the start of the 1917 revolution, returned to its mooring in Saint Petersburg Saturday after a year-and-a-half of restoration work. … Continue reading
There were official observers of the Russo-Japanese War whose documents contributed to our knowledge of the first Modern War. My grandfather was a soldier, and later an officer, in the Russian army during this war, and he kept diaries that … Continue reading
This May will see the release of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs: 1613-1918 in the United States. It is an exhaustive look at the full sweeping arc of Russia’s doomed royal family. The public has an insatiable appetite for the … Continue reading
1904-5 The Russo-Japanese War: Japan Shatters Russia’s Navy and Global Perceptions Japan is seen as an ultramodern tech giant today, and not many people really doubt their military power. That was far from the case in the late 19th … Continue reading
Chronicle Covers: Going all in on the Russo-Japanese War By Tim O’Rourke Never let it be said that The Chronicle shied away from Russo-Japanese War coverage. The front page from Feb. 27, 1904, covers the Battle of Port Arthur a … Continue reading
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR BEGINS Aiman Diaz Feb 08, 2016 Russo-Japanese War — The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 arose from the rivalry of two imperialistic regimes for the same area of expansion in China’s northeast … Continue reading
On December 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American (and first President) to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for brokering an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), a war that claimed between … Continue reading
There were many reasons for the Russo-Japanese War, not all of them strategic, but these were some of the historic underpinnings of the war that changed the geopolitical balance in the world Explore»Education and Science»History and Archaeology»Military … Continue reading
These photos are now showing up everywhere, but I’m sharing them from my favorite magazine: Mental Floss Color Images of the 1904 Russo-Japanese War IMAGE CREDIT: T.W. INGERSOLL VIA BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FLICKR The Russo-Japanese War between 1904 and 1905 was … Continue reading
New illustration and video in the updated Encyclopedia Britannica entry for the Russo-Japanese War. FROM: http://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Japanese-War/images-videos/Newsreel-footage-recounting-US-President-Theodore-Roosevelts-mediation-of-the/19191 … Continue reading
Great article about the naval portion of the Russo-Japanese War WEST POINT HISTORY OF WARFARE Steel Ships at Tsushima – Five Amazing Facts About History’s First Modern Sea Battle by MilitaryHistoryNow.com Sponsored Content This is the first of a two-part series … Continue reading
A surprisingly good, and brief, history of the background behind the Russo-Japanese War From: http://www.misleddit.com/p/2wex0d/ … Continue reading
The Russo-Japanese War was prompted by Japanese attack on Port Arthur, which was provoked by Russian violation of a treaty Japanese print displaying the destruction of a Russian ship. By Richard Cavendish Published in History Today Volume 54 Issue 2 … Continue reading