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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Tsushima canonical	25
Battle of the Japan Sea	1
Tsushima Strait Battle	1
naval Battle of Tsushima	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Tsushima ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Japan Sea Battle of Tsushima ⓘ surface form: Tsushima Strait Battle
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
casualties	heavy Russian losses ⓘ light Japanese losses compared to Russia ⓘ
commander	Heihachiro Togo ⓘ surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ
commanderSide	Heihachiro Togo ⓘ surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō – Japanese side Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ surface form: Zinovy Rozhestvensky – Russian side
conflict	Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Russian Empire ⓘ
date	1905-05-27 ⓘ
endDate	1905-05-28 ⓘ
fleetInvolved	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ surface form: Japanese Combined Fleet Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Korea Strait ⓘ surface form: 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 (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Isoroku Yamamoto → participantIn → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Russo-Japanese War → majorBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Battle of Tsushima → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Japan Sea

Battle of Tsushima → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsushima Strait Battle

Battle of the Yellow Sea → followedBy → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Heihachiro Togo → notableFor → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

First Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Second Fleet → engagedInBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Battle of Mukden → followedBy → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Zinovy Rozhestvensky → battle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Zinovy Rozhestvensky → participatedIn → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Tsushima Island → historicalEvent → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Imperial Russian Navy → notableBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Imperial Russian Navy → significantDefeat → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Japanese battleship Mikasa → notableBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Japanese battleship Mikasa → flagshipDuringBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Japanese battleship Shikishima → participatedIn → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War → hasMajorCampaign → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Member of the House of Peers of Japan → notableEvent → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

subject surface form: Heihachiro Togo

Nelson of the East → hasNotableContext → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Aurora cruiser → participatedIn → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Mukden Campaign → followedBy → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

this entity surface form: naval Battle of Tsushima

Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet → notableBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Aurora → participatedIn → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Knyaz Suvorov → battle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Battleship Mikasa memorial → dedicatedTo → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō → notableBattle → Battle of Tsushima ⓘ

subject surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō