Battle of Tsushima

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battle of the Russo-Japanese War naval battle

The Battle of Tsushima was a decisive 1905 naval clash of the Russo-Japanese War in which Japan’s fleet annihilated Russia’s Baltic Fleet, marking the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.

Aliases (2)

Battle of the Japan Sea ×1
Tsushima Strait Battle ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Russo-Japanese War → naval battle →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Japan Sea → Tsushima Strait Battle →
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy → Imperial Russian Navy →
casualties	heavy Russian losses → light Japanese losses compared to Russia →
commander	Tōgō Heihachirō → Zinovy Rozhestvensky →
commanderSide	Tōgō Heihachirō – Japanese side → Zinovy Rozhestvensky – Russian side →
conflict	Russo-Japanese War →
countryInvolved	Empire of Japan → Russian Empire →
date	1905-05-27 →
endDate	1905-05-28 →
fleetInvolved	Japanese Combined Fleet → Russian Baltic Fleet →
followedBy	peace negotiations between Russia and Japan →
geographicalContext	between Japan and the Korean Peninsula →
historicalPeriod	early 20th century →
influenced	naval doctrines before World War I → perceptions of non-European military power →
location	Korea Strait → Tsushima Strait →
partOf	Russo-Japanese War → Russo-Japanese War naval campaign →
precededBy	Battle of the Yellow Sea → Siege of Port Arthur →
region	Sea of Japan →
result	decisive Japanese victory → destruction of most of the Russian Baltic Fleet →
shipsSunk	majority of Russian capital ships engaged →
significance	decisive factor in ending the Russo-Japanese War → demonstrated effectiveness of modern battleships and naval gunnery → first major victory of an Asian power over a European power in modern times → influenced global naval strategy and ship design →
startDate	1905-05-27 →
strategicObjective	Japan sought to prevent Russian fleet from reaching Vladivostok → Russia sought to reinforce its Pacific Squadron →
tacticalFeature	Japanese use of superior gunnery and maneuver → crossing the T maneuver by Japanese fleet →
technologyUsed	armored cruisers → pre-dreadnought battleships → torpedoes →
treatyConsequence	Treaty of Portsmouth →
year	1905 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Tsushima ("Battle of the Japan Sea") → Battle of Tsushima ("Tsushima Strait Battle") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Mukden → Battle of the Yellow Sea →	followedBy
Imperial Russian Navy → Japanese battleship Mikasa →	notableBattle
Japanese battleship Shikishima → Zinovy Rozhestvensky →	participatedIn
Zinovy Rozhestvensky →	battle
Imperial Japanese Navy →	engagedIn
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	engagedInBattle
Japanese battleship Mikasa →	flagshipDuringBattle
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War →	hasMajorCampaign
Tsushima Island →	historicalEvent
Russo-Japanese War →	majorBattle
First Fleet →	notableEngagement
Heihachiro Togo →	notableFor
Isoroku Yamamoto →	participantIn
Imperial Russian Navy →	significantDefeat