Russo-Japanese War

When did it happen and when did it end?

It happened in 1904 and ended in 1905

what happened in the course of this event?

• Russia was forced to withdraw from Port Arthur, south Sakhalin and South Manchuria

• Russian leaders had to acknowledge Japanese sovereignty in Korea

What were the causes of this event?

• Russia and Japan had long shown an interest in occupying and controlling Manchuria and Korea

• In 1903, after a limited war with China, agreed to withdraw its forces

More causes of this event?

• Some ministers such as Pleuhe wanted an outright war with Japan

• Others including Kuropatkin and Lamsdoff, worried mainly about financial cost and lack of preparedness were against war

Consequences of this event?

• the war revealed that Russian military leaders had a lack of knowledge, understanding and was less powerful in military terms

• russian public associated military incompetence with the tsar himself

When russian public associated military incompetence with the tsar himself, what did this fuel?

This fuelled discontent at home rather than distinguishing it, which had been one of the kry aims of the war

What can you explain about the reforms about this event?

• despite the expansion of Russia’s rail network since the Crimean War(1853-56), this war revealed serious communication and transport weakness

• the trans-siberian railway, still unfinished had failed to solve the logistical problem of getting troops + supplies to war zones quickly and efficiently