1904
- Russo Japanese War |
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| In spite of their eastern successes with the Turks, the Russians
did not really pay much heed to the country to their west which was becoming
very powerful. The Japanese wanted parts of then Russian, present day Korea,
and fought the Russians for it. The Russian fleet was just demolished and
was an extremely embarrassing loss, even for the Russians. |
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