The Battle of Tsushima Strait

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During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Baltic Fleet was nearly destroyed at the Battle of Tsushima Strait. Only 10 out of 45 Russian warships escaped, leading Russian leaders to realize further resistance against Japan was futile.

The conflict began on February 8, 1904, when Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, following Russia's rejection of a plan to divide Manchuria and Korea. Japan won several decisive victories, including the fall of Port Arthur in January 1905 and a significant Russian defeat at Shenyang in March.

Czar Nicholas II hoped Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky's Baltic fleet could challenge Japanese dominance, but during the Battle of Tsushima Strait on May 27, over 30 Russian ships were sunk or captured. By August, Russia agreed to a peace treaty mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Treaty of Portsmouth recognized Japan's dominance in Korea and ceded Port Arthur, the southern half of Sakhalin Island, and the Liaotung Peninsula to Japan.

Japan emerged as the first modern non-Western world power, aiming for greater imperial expansion. For Russia, the war's disastrous outcome contributed to the Russian Revolution of 1905.

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Didn't realize Pearl Harbor wasn't Japan's first punk move...