Battle of Liaoyang
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The Battle of Liaoyang was a major land engagement of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, marking one of the first large-scale modern battles featuring trench warfare, heavy artillery, and coordinated maneuvers between multiple armies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Liaoyang canonical | 5 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Liaoyang Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | Japanese advance toward Mukden ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| commander |
General Alexei Kuropatkin
NERFINISHED
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Marshal Ōyama Iwao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictOf | Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Qing Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateEnd | 1904-09-05 ⓘ |
| dateStart | 1904-08-25 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Mukden
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Battle of Shaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Manchurian front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early example of modern positional warfare prior to World War I ⓘ |
| involvedTechnology |
bolt-action rifles
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machine guns ⓘ modern field artillery ⓘ telegraph communications ⓘ |
| JapaneseCommander |
General Kuroki Tamemoto
NERFINISHED
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General Nozu Michitsura NERFINISHED ⓘ General Oku Yasukata NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshal Ōyama Iwao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Liaoning
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Liaoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ Manchuria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coordinated maneuvers between multiple field armies
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heavy use of modern quick-firing artillery ⓘ one of the first large-scale modern battles with extensive trench systems ⓘ |
| partOf |
Manchurian campaign of the Russo-Japanese War
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Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Haicheng
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Battle of Tashihchiao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Japanese victory ⓘ |
| RussianCommander |
General Alexander von Bilderling
NERFINISHED
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General Alexei Kuropatkin NERFINISHED ⓘ General Nikolai Zarubaev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale engagement ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
control of the approaches to Mukden
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securing the rail and road network in southern Manchuria ⓘ |
| theater | land warfare ⓘ |
| usedWarfareType |
combined-arms operations
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modern artillery warfare ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ |
| year | 1904 ⓘ |
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