Battle of Weihaiwei

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battle naval battle siege

The Battle of Weihaiwei was a decisive 1895 naval and land engagement in which Japan destroyed China’s Beiyang Fleet and secured control of the Yellow Sea during the First Sino-Japanese War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of the Yalu River	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ siege ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing China
combatant	Beiyang Fleet ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
conflict	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
country	Qing dynasty ⓘ
date	1895 ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Shimonoseki negotiations
historicalEra	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji period Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: late Qing dynasty
involved	amphibious landings ⓘ blockade operations ⓘ coastal fortifications ⓘ
location	Shandong Peninsula ⓘ Weihai ⓘ surface form: Weihaiwei Yellow Sea ⓘ
notableConsequence	demonstrated effectiveness of Japanese naval modernization ⓘ exposed weaknesses of Qing military reforms ⓘ
partOf	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ
result	Japanese control of the Yellow Sea ⓘ Japanese victory ⓘ destruction of the Beiyang Fleet ⓘ
startDate	1895 ⓘ
strategicOutcome	elimination of China’s main modern fleet ⓘ shift of regional naval power to Japan ⓘ
strategicSignificance	decisive battle of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
theater	Yellow Sea ⓘ surface form: Yellow Sea theater
typeOfEngagement	land engagement ⓘ naval engagement ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Itō Sukeyuki → notableBattle → Battle of Weihaiwei ⓘ

Beiyang Fleet → significantBattle → Battle of Weihaiwei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River

Beiyang Fleet → significantBattle → Battle of Weihaiwei ⓘ

First Sino-Japanese War → significantEvent → Battle of Weihaiwei ⓘ