RussoJapanese War 1904 1905 Siege of Port Arthur

Russo-Japanese War 1904 -1905

Siege of Port Arthur • Feb. 6, 1904 Japan cut off negotiations with Russia o Two days later Japan attacked Port Arthur with no warning by Admiral Togo Heihachiro o Port Arthur was a military base in Japan

What were the odds • Japan was outnumbered by Russia (9: 1) o But japan was only 600 miles away from home while Russia was 6000 miles away • Russia had only 138, 000 men in Manchuria while Japan had a force of 280, 000 ready for combat

Battle of Yalu River • On 1 May 1904, the Battle of Yalu River became the first major land battle of the war o Japanese wanted to attack hard o Taking out the Russian Eastern Detachment • Japanese sent 42, 000, Russian had 25, 000 men

Blockade of Port Arthur • Feb 13 -14 tried blocking port with sunken steam boats o Blocking Russians from getting out of the port • Tried another attempt to escape the harbor on March 3 -4 • Under Admiral Makarov on April 12, 1904 was able to get 2 battleships out of the port

Battle of Mukden • On February 20, 1905 about half a million men were fighting o Both had hundreds of artillery at hand • But the out come was the same for the Russians o They had lost 90, 000 men just in this battle

Treaty of Portsmouth • President Roosevelt came up with the idea • Who signed the peace treaty? o Sergei Witte and Roman Rosen(russia) Komura Jutarō and Takahira Kogorō (japan) o signed on 5 September 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Casualties Japan • 47, 000 died in combat o Additional 27, 00 by disease o Additional 6, 000 -12, 000 wounded Total Number of people dead is 140, 000 - 170, 000 Russia • Estimate 40, 000 -70, 000 died in combat

Citations • http: //www. infoplease. com/encyclopedia/history/russojapanese-war. html • http: //history. howstuffworks. com/asian-history/russojapanese-war. htm