Russo-Japanese War | |||||||||
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![]() Clockwise from top: Russian cruiser Pallada under fire at Port Arthur, Russian cavalry at Mukden, Russian cruiser Varyag and gunboat Korietz at Chemulpo Bay, Japanese dead at Port Arthur, Japanese infantry crossing the Yalu River | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
1,365,000 (total) [1]
| 1,200,000 (total) [1]
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Total: 43,300–71,453 dead [3] [4]
Material losses:
| Total: 80,378–99,000 dead [3] [4] [5]
Material losses:
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to English Wikipedia articles about the Russo-Japanese War. [6]
The Russo-Japanese War [a] ; (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.