Sakhalin invasion

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The Sakhalin invasion was a 1905 Japanese military campaign in the Russo-Japanese War in which Japan seized control of Russia’s Sakhalin Island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion
military campaign
aftermath division of Sakhalin Island between Japan and Russia
belligerent Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Russian Empire
belligerentStrength Japanese expeditionary force NERFINISHED
Russian garrison on Sakhalin
cause ongoing hostilities between Japan and Russia in 1905
combatant Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED
Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED
Russian Army NERFINISHED
Russian coastal defenses
conflict Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED
conflictType amphibious operation
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
endTime 1905-08
historicalEra early 20th century
historicalRegion Russian Far East NERFINISHED
location Russian Sakhalin
Sakhalin Island NERFINISHED
objective seizure of Sakhalin Island from Russia
opponent Russian forces on Sakhalin
opposingCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
participant Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
partOf Pacific theatre of the Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED
Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED
precededBy Battle of Tsushima NERFINISHED
relatedTo Japanese operations in Manchuria
Treaty of Portsmouth NERFINISHED
result Japanese victory
significance contributed to Japanese leverage in peace negotiations
startTime 1905-07
status completed military operation
strategicPurpose pressure Russia to accept peace terms
territorialChange Japanese occupation of southern Sakhalin NERFINISHED
theatreOfWar Far East NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1905

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