JAPAN
FEB 1, 1899
The reason for not agreeing to Japan’s proposal about having their interest in Korea much was that it has Russia’s exclusive line of communication, the South Manchurian Railway. So on February 8th, in Port Arthur, in the attempt of having some power of Korea, they declared a war. Japanese warships gave the Russians a surprise attack, by torpedoing their boats. The surprise attack created severe damages to their ships. Their second attempt had failed, but they had troops of armies in Korea, The Imperial Japanese Army. They then crossed the Yalu River and then into the Russian-occupied Manchuria. United States took actions, creating the Treaty of Portsmouth, to end the chaos between Russia and Japan.
This is a map that shows Japan’s movements during the Russian and Japan war.
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