russo-japanese war MAPS
The War Maps linked below to pdf versions show the contested areas in Korea, Manchuria and the Straits of Tsushima, where the Russo-Japanese War was fought 1904-05. PLEASE NOTE: These maps are copyrighted. For inquire about permission to use the maps for educational purposes, please contact [email protected]
foreign spheres of influence in china
Prior to the outbreak of war in 1904 China was being divided into spheres of influence, controlled mostly by European nations.
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The war between Russia and Japan was a fight for disputed territory. Its immediate cause was the failure of the two nations to agree on the relation which each should maintain toward Korea and Manchuria. The underlying cause of the struggle was the mighty clash that was bound to come when those measures which Japan believed were necessary to her self-existence met the glacier-like progress of Russia toward the Pacific.
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the russo-japanese war
the russo-japanese war (detail)
This map shows close-up details of key battles between Russian and Japanese forces. Download pdf here.
the voyage of the russian fleet
This map shows the route of ADM Rhozhestvenskii's Russian fleet and its defeat in the Battle of Tsushima. Download pdf here.
Go to Maps detailing the demands leading to articles of the Treaty.
Go to Maps detailing the demands leading to articles of the Treaty.