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Russo-Japanese War

1904–1905 East Asia / Pacific Status: ended Casualties: ~150,000+

Japan annihilated the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur and the Baltic Fleet at Tsushima — the first major modern war won by an Asian power over a European one. Forced Russia's revolution of 1905 and made Japan a great power.

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Belligerents

  • Imperial Russia
  • Empire of Japan

Casualties

~150,000+

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.