Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War
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The Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War was the maritime and coastal zone in East Asia where Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan fought major naval and amphibious campaigns for control of the seas and key ports between 1904 and 1905.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military theater
→
theater of war → |
| commandedBy |
Stepan Makarov
→
Tōgō Heihachirō NERFINISHED → Zinovy Rozhestvensky → |
| conflictBetween |
Empire of Japan
→
Russian Empire → |
| endTime |
1905
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|
| hasKeyLocation |
Chemulpo (Incheon)
NERFINISHED
→
Korea Strait → Liaodong Peninsula → Port Arthur → Sakhalin Island → Tsushima Strait → Vladivostok → |
| hasMajorBelligerent |
Imperial Japanese Navy
→
Imperial Russian Navy → |
| hasMajorCampaign |
Battle of Chemulpo Bay
→
Battle of Tsushima → Battle of the Yellow Sea → Port Arthur campaign → Sakhalin invasion → blockade of Port Arthur → operations in the Korea Strait → |
| hasObjective |
control of key ports in Manchuria and Korea
→
control of sea lines of communication in East Asia → neutralization of Russian Pacific Fleet → |
| hasOutcome |
decisive Japanese naval superiority
→
decisive defeat of the Russian Baltic Fleet at Tsushima → destruction of most of the Russian Pacific Fleet → |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
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| involves |
amphibious operations
→
blockade operations → coastal artillery → minelaying → naval warfare → |
| locatedIn |
East Asia
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Korea Bay → Pacific Ocean → Sea of Japan → Yellow Sea → coastal waters of Japan → coastal waters of Korea → coastal waters of Manchuria → |
| partOf |
Russo-Japanese War
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|
| relatedTo |
decline of Russian influence in East Asia
→
development of modern naval warfare → rise of Japan as a naval power → |
| startTime |
1904
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Battle of the Yellow Sea
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theater |
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Russian Pacific Squadron
("Russo-Japanese War naval theatre")
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theaterOfWar |