They needed a warm water port and thought it would be a "quick victory" to regain respect; however in the end Russia was defeated and very humiliated.
Russian expansion eastward and their accompanying need for an ice-free naval port. Japan didn't want the Russians so close, and contested their eastward expansion...with war.
The Russian navys need to have an ice-free port in the Pacific region. This expansion clashed with Japanese needs. So they fought a war over it.
The US and Soviets were allies. If we were attacked they would help us and vice versa.
The Russia-Japanese war was a one unlucky war. Japan were however saved through the intervention of the United States.
War between Russia & Japan in 1904.
Russia and Japan
Japan : The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 - 5 September 1905) .
Russia lost Russo-Japanese war that war famous for the greatest bayonet battle in history...
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905.
The Russia-Japanese war was a one unlucky war. Japan were however saved through the intervention of the United States.
War between Russia & Japan in 1904.
Which Japanese War? China 1894? Russia 1904? China 1933? Russia 1939 (Nomonhan Incident)? World War II (1941-45)?
russo-japanese war
Russia and Japan.
1904.
It started it, for the US. First sign of Japanese attacking USA. BIGGEST reason behind the internment camps of Japanese Canadians/ Americans in N.A
Russia and Japan
1905.
Japan : The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 - 5 September 1905) .
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