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T Battle of Tsushima

History

Dated history of Battle of Tsushima (27-28 May 1905) in Tsushima Strait, between Korea and Japan.

Educational history. Casualty figures are documented ranges. This is not operational advice, a ranking of nations, or a how-to for weapons or coups.

At a glance
Timeline

Milestones in order. This is history, not a weekly activity grid.

1904-02 War opens1904-10 Dogger Bank1905-01 Port Arthur falls1905-05-14 Baltic Fleet enters the theatre1905-05-27 Day action1905-05-27-28 Night torpedoes1905-05-28 Surrender of remnants1905-09-05 Portsmouth signed1905-11 Eulsa treaty1910 Annexation
  1. War opens
  2. Dogger Bank
  3. Port Arthur falls
  4. Baltic Fleet enters the theatre
  5. Day action
  6. Night torpedoes
  7. Surrender of remnants
  8. Portsmouth signed
  9. Eulsa treaty
  10. Annexation
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Quick answers

Are the scores a ranking of nations or armies?

No. Scores are browsing aids inside an era-bounded atlas — not live league tables of countries.

How many died?

Russian dead and drowned number in the thousands; Japanese dead in the hundreds. Treat published figures as a lopsided band, not a parade integer.

Why did Russia lose so badly?

A exhausted fleet after a world cruise, a fresher Japanese fleet on interior lines, better gunnery and tactics that day, and a meeting on Togo's chosen water.

What was crossing the T?

A line-of-battle geometry in which Togo's fleet brought broadsides to bear on the Russian van. It is a 1905 event in the diagrams, not a lesson to apply to modern missiles.

What did the Treaty of Portsmouth do to Korea?

It recognised Japan's paramount interest in Korea. The Eulsa protectorate followed in November 1905; annexation in 1910. The naval victory had a colonial sequel.

How does it compare to Midway?

Both were short, decisive fleet actions that recast who could use the sea. 1905 was battleships; 1942 was carriers. Do not flatten them into one "decisive battle" brand.

Start with this section - History

Mukden and Port Arthur are the land preface. The Baltic Fleet is the desperate naval sequel.

Dogger Bank is why Britain was already cold toward the voyage.

Timeline

  1. War opens

    Port Arthur surprise; the siege war begins.

  2. Dogger Bank

    Baltic Fleet fires on British trawlers.

  3. Port Arthur falls

    The first Pacific squadron is gone.

  4. Baltic Fleet enters the theatre

    The last approach.

  5. Day action

    Togo engages in the strait.

  6. Night torpedoes

    Destroyers finish cripples.

  7. Surrender of remnants

    Nebogatov; the fleet is finished.

  8. Portsmouth signed

    Roosevelt mediates; Korea's fate is written in.

  9. Eulsa treaty

    Korean protectorate -- the political landing of the naval win.

  10. Annexation

    The longer sequel on the peninsula.

Eras

Siege war

Port Arthur, Liaoyang, Mukden on land.

Baltic Fleet

Europe to Asia the long way.

The strait

Togo's day and night.

Peace and protectorate

Portsmouth then Eulsa.

Memory

Mikasa, Korean 1910 story, English diagrams.

Milestones

Baltic Fleet destroyed

A European battle line erased in Asian waters.

Japan as a naval great power

A 1905 fact in European chancelleries.

Korea's door forced

Protectorate as sequel.

Portsmouth without Korea is an incomplete sentence. Eulsa is the next paragraph.

1905 in Russia is also Bloody Sunday and a revolution -- the same year, not a coincidence only.

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