It all began on February 8, 1904 when Japan launched a surprise attack against Port Arthur, without a formal declaration of war, an action similar to its strategy in 1894 against China and which it would repeat in 1941 at Pearl Harbor. The main battles of this war were Port Arthur's (extended and fall in January 1905), Mukden's (February/March 1905, the biggest land battle until then) and Tsushima's in May 1905, which marked the decisive Japanes…
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It all began on February 8, 1904 when Japan launched a surprise attack against Port Arthur, without a formal declaration of war, an action similar to its strategy in 1894 against China and which it would repeat in 1941 at Pearl Harbor. The main battles of this war were Port Arthur's (extended and fall in January 1905), Mukden's (February/March 1905, the biggest land battle until then) and Tsushima's in May 1905, which marked the decisive Japanes…