HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Japan
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England
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Germany
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the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1904, the Japanese attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur before the formal declaration of war was received in Moscow, surprising the Russian navy and earning an early victory.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 18 September 1904, the 2, 150-ton gunboat Heien struck a Russian mine west of Port Arthur and sank.
Detailed explanation-3: -Russo-Japanese War, (1904–05) Conflict between Russia and Japan over territorial expansion in East Asia. After Russia leased the strategically important Port Arthur (now Lüshun, China) and expanded into Manchuria (northeastern China), it faced the increasing power of Japan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Russians had built the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok across Manchuria and had bullied the Chinese into leasing them the ice-free port of Port Arthur as a naval base.