WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Who won the Russo-Japanese war? Japan won a convincing victory over Russia, becoming the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power. Russia’s Baltic Fleet sailed halfway around the world only to meet its demise at the guns of Adm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Japan and China signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which ceded the Liaodong Peninsula and the island of Taiwan to Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Japan staged amphibious attacks on Korea and the Liaodong Peninsula, causing Russian forces to retreat to Mukden. In the Battle of Mukden (early 1905), the Japanese decisively defeated the Russians.

Detailed explanation-4: -The war happened because the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire disagreed over who should get parts of Manchuria and Korea. It was fought mostly on the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.

Detailed explanation-5: -Late in the night on February 8, 1904, Japan launched a surprise attack against the Russian-held Port Arthur, along the coast of Manchuria, beginning the Russo-Japanese War. Russia faced many defeats as it battled Japan while also fighting a revolution on the home front.