As Sun Tzu once said, “He who lacks foresight and underestimates his enemy will surely be captured by him.”
Kapanash on
The Russo-Japanese War shocked the world because many European powers underestimated Japan and expected Russia to win quickly. Battles like Tashihchiao showed that Japan had built a modern army capable of defeating a major European empire using trenches, artillery coordination, machine guns, and disciplined assaults years before WW1.
-Nohan- on
What the fuck is that wojak for Japan
venetiantraderoute on
im sure the brits were THROUGH the moon when news broke out about the island nation of the east defeating the scary russians
Korpie- on
Not to mention it also settled the debate over what future naval doctrine would be with ironclads. People weren’t sure whether armor or guns would be more effective. Many ships were being built as rams, such as the USS Alarm. The Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima Strait showed the world that naval gunfire was still relevant in the world of armored ships.
Person-11 on
Britain badly needed Japan to win. ‘Splendid Isolation’ was no longer bearing fruits.
During the late 19th century, Russia had steadily crept southwards until she had (almost) reached India. An ascendant Germany was already competing in industrial and naval terms. Britain badly needed allies to keep these threats in check. Japan proving itself modern enough to bully weaker nations was very important for the alliance. Much of the Imperial Navy was built in British shipyards.
Also, are those Torpedo boats in the Dogger Bank?
Ring-a-ding1861 on
If only the Russians knew how badly the japanese used up their manpower and supplies to achieve those victories. If the Russian knew how badly the Japanese wanted peace it might have turned out differently but then again the 1905 Russian revolution still would have happened.
Hot-Job-6281 on
Whole world underestimated Japan tbh.
cndynn96 on
Land war wasn’t even Russia’s biggest failure
It sent its Baltic fleet around the world only to get completely annihilated at Battle of Tsushima.
WillDBlake on
Russia was actually less developed than Japan at that time
Educational-Tour-139 on
Corruption, bad management and wrong strategy never win any war.
Crab2406 on
late russian empire had this weird thing of Royals treating the army as a thing to show off, i can remember that when back-loaded cannons were made, some russian royal got interested, and ordered for them to be put on ships, and yes, those cannons were proven to be effective, but then he kinda forgot about them, same goes for every new thing
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As Sun Tzu once said, “He who lacks foresight and underestimates his enemy will surely be captured by him.”
The Russo-Japanese War shocked the world because many European powers underestimated Japan and expected Russia to win quickly. Battles like Tashihchiao showed that Japan had built a modern army capable of defeating a major European empire using trenches, artillery coordination, machine guns, and disciplined assaults years before WW1.
What the fuck is that wojak for Japan
im sure the brits were THROUGH the moon when news broke out about the island nation of the east defeating the scary russians
Not to mention it also settled the debate over what future naval doctrine would be with ironclads. People weren’t sure whether armor or guns would be more effective. Many ships were being built as rams, such as the USS Alarm. The Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima Strait showed the world that naval gunfire was still relevant in the world of armored ships.
Britain badly needed Japan to win. ‘Splendid Isolation’ was no longer bearing fruits.
During the late 19th century, Russia had steadily crept southwards until she had (almost) reached India. An ascendant Germany was already competing in industrial and naval terms. Britain badly needed allies to keep these threats in check. Japan proving itself modern enough to bully weaker nations was very important for the alliance. Much of the Imperial Navy was built in British shipyards.
Also, are those Torpedo boats in the Dogger Bank?
If only the Russians knew how badly the japanese used up their manpower and supplies to achieve those victories. If the Russian knew how badly the Japanese wanted peace it might have turned out differently but then again the 1905 Russian revolution still would have happened.
Whole world underestimated Japan tbh.
Land war wasn’t even Russia’s biggest failure
It sent its Baltic fleet around the world only to get completely annihilated at Battle of Tsushima.
Russia was actually less developed than Japan at that time
Corruption, bad management and wrong strategy never win any war.
late russian empire had this weird thing of Royals treating the army as a thing to show off, i can remember that when back-loaded cannons were made, some russian royal got interested, and ordered for them to be put on ships, and yes, those cannons were proven to be effective, but then he kinda forgot about them, same goes for every new thing