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The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of Russia and Japan in Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of the war were Port Arthur and the Liaodong Peninsula, plus up the railway from the port to Harbin. The Russians were in constant pursuit of a warm water port. The Japanese were driven to war through geostrategic concerns to secure their interior lines by stemming Russian interest in Korea.
Origins of the war
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, various Western countries were competing for influence, trade, and territory in East Asia while Japan strove to transform herself into a modern great power. Great power status at the time depended in part on access to colonies which could provide raw materials. Securing colonies in turn depended on naval power, which required bases for the increasingly large battleships of the era, and a chain of coal stations for warships to restock the fuel for their boilers.
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http://tinyurl.com/kkl8rj ephemera assemblyman: Japanese Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War
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