Tsushima 1905

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472826841
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsushima 1905 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Britain, France and Russia divided the globe in the nineteenth century, but Japan was catching up. Its army and navy were retrained by Western powers and equipped with the latest weapons and ships. Japan wanted to further emulate its European mentors and establish a protectorate over Korea, yet Japanese efforts were blocked by Imperial Russia who had their own designs on the peninsula. The Russo-Japanese War started with a surprise Japanese naval attack against an anchored enemy fleet still believing itself at peace. It ended with the Battle of Tsushima, the most decisive surface naval battle of the 20th century. This gripping study describes this pivotal battle, and shows how the Japanese victory over Russia led to the development of the dreadnought battleship, and gave rise to an almost mythical belief in Japanese naval invincibility.

Author : Constantine Pleshakov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465057926
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tsar's Last Armada written by Constantine Pleshakov and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively account of one of the greatest naval battles in history retraces the fateful journey of the Tsar's armada from the Suez Canal to the Korea Straight, where it was destroyed by the Japanese Navy in 1905. Reprint.

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147282685X
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsushima 1905 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Britain, France and Russia divided the globe in the nineteenth century, but Japan was catching up. Its army and navy were retrained by Western powers and equipped with the latest weapons and ships. Japan wanted to further emulate its European mentors and establish a protectorate over Korea, yet Japanese efforts were blocked by Imperial Russia who had their own designs on the peninsula. The Russo-Japanese War started with a surprise Japanese naval attack against an anchored enemy fleet still believing itself at peace. It ended with the Battle of Tsushima, the most decisive surface naval battle of the 20th century. This gripping study describes this pivotal battle, and shows how the Japanese victory over Russia led to the development of the dreadnought battleship, and gave rise to an almost mythical belief in Japanese naval invincibility.

Author : Phil Carradice
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526743361
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Tsushima written by Phil Carradice and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The First World War in the Air details the gripping 1905 naval battle during the Russo-Japanese War. In 1905 Japan and Russia were at war. With the Russian Far East Fleet destroyed, the Czar sent his Baltic Fleet halfway around the world to exact revenge. This mammoth journey took many months and was an amazing feat of seamanship. But, at the end of this adventure, the Russians were totally overwhelmed, and the majority of the fleet was underwater. There was no alternative for the Czar but to sue for an ignominious peace. The story of the journey and the final battle remain fascinating, the people involved behaving like characters from a novel. Russian Admiral Rozhestvensky was a gunnery expert but had never held active command in a major sea battle. Japanese Admiral Togo had trained in Britain, enlisting as a cadet on the Training Ship Worcester, even though he was far too old and was forced to lie about his age. Inept generalship on the part of the Russians, combined with brilliant seamanship from Togo, saw the complete destruction of the Russian fleet. The naval battle of Tsushima is one of the forgotten actions of the twentieth century, but it has a significance that is immense in world history. “An utterly compelling story, well told by Carradice. We really sympathize with the Russian sailors, trapped on their ironclad warships for months as they battled against the elements, a largely hostile world, and even each other. The result is an excellent book that reminds us of the human cost of these massive naval battles.” —History of War

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naval Battle Of Tsushima, 1905 written by André Geraque Kiffer and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the scenario of the wargame that will be used, generally considering the seven and a half months of the voyage, the Second Pacific Squadron will have reached the Yellow Sea in the first half of December, before the final fall of Port Arthur. With this prediction, the First Squadron would not have been forced to leave Port Arthur in August for Vladivostok, and this harbor squadron would also have been preserved, so that together with the Third Pacific Squadron would all attempt to assemble as Russian Pacific Fleet and fight a decisive battle against the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Author : Michael Lee Lanning
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402224753
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battle 100 written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A single day in the heat of armed conflict can shape the future of the world. Throughout history, individual battles have inspired the birth of nations, the devastation of cultures and the triumph of revolutions. Yet while some battles rise up as the cornerstones of history, others fade in our cultural memory, forgotten as minor skirmishes. Why is this so? What makes a battle "important"? Celebrated veteran and military expert Michael Lee Lanning offers a provocative response with The Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles. Lanning ranks history's 100 greatest battles according to their influence, both immediate and long-term. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lanning's rankings take us to the heart of the battles and reveal their true greatness.

Author : Rotem Kowner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192566814
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsushima written by Rotem Kowner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Tsushima was the most decisive naval engagement in the century that elapsed since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Although these two battles are often compared, the Battle of Tsushima, in which the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy, was also unprecedented in many ways. It marks the first naval victory of an Asian power over a major European power; the most devastating defeat suffered by the Imperial Russian Navy in its entire history; and the only truly decisive engagement between two battleship fleets in modern times. In addition, the Battle of Tsushima was also the most decisive naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War and one that exerted a major impact on the course of that war. Its impact was so dramatic, in fact, that the two belligerents concluded a peace agreement within three months of the battle's conclusion. At the same time, and because it involved two of the world's largest fleets, the influence this battle exerted was both far reaching and long standing. In subsequent years, the symbolic victory of an "Eastern" power over Tsarist Russia using modern technology was feared and celebrated in both the Western and the Colonial worlds. Similarly, and in both Japan and Russia, the Battle of Tsushima had a prolonged impact on their respective navies as well as on their geopolitical ambitions in Asia and beyond. By relying on a diverse array of primary sources, this book examines the battle in depth and is the first to offer a penetrating analysis of its global impact as well as the way its memory has evolved in both Japan and Russia.

Author : Phil Thorne
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1838593845
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsushima: Japan's Trafalgar written by Phil Thorne and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Tsushima, the epic battle between the Japanese and Russian navies on May 27-28 1905, is examined in far greater detail than ever before. Making extensive use of official records, personal accounts and a wealth of untouched information on the Russian Navy’s activities, this battle, little known about by a general readership, is brought vividly to life. Also the immense coaling operation, with the names of all the colliers, is described in very informative and sometimes amusing detail. The later stages of the battle, its details often described as lost in the ‘fog of battle’, are clearly portrayed, as is the chaotic, high-speed night action when numerous Japanese destroyer and torpedo-boat flotillas terrorised the Russian seamen. Exhaustive examination of Japanese flotilla records has made it possible to reproduce an exciting and very informative account, placing the reader on board the attacking vessels, suffering collisions and gunfire as they career in and around the Russian battle line, while the human side of both participants brings into sharp focus the horrors of war. Tsushima was not only the culmination and climax of the pre-Dreadnought era; it was the most decisive naval battle ever fought. Other battles are more well known, but they did not achieve such a result, neither in their decisiveness nor in bringing the war in which they were fought to a conclusion.

Author : Robert Forczyk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846038634
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship written by Robert Forczyk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major clash between a European and Asian state in the modern era signalled the beginning of Japan's rise as a major power on the world stage. Watched by the rest of the world's superpowers, this incredibly violent war was disastrous for the Russians who, despite their superior numbers, were defeated by the Japanese underdogs in a spectacular fashion.The key technical elements of firepower, protection, maneuverability and communications for each side are covered in detail and accompanied by first-hand accounts and specially commissioned artwork to explain and illustrate this historically significant duel.

Author : Piotr Olender
Publisher : MMP
ISBN 13 : 9788361421023
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russo-Japanese Naval War, 1905: Battle of Tsushima written by Piotr Olender and published by MMP. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book describes technical aspects of the Russo-Japanese Naval War. Contains descriptions of all involved ships, Russian and Japanese ones. Maps, photos.