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>> Memorandum of Gensui Ōyama Iwao
on the demands of the 大本営 (Daihon'ei) for an invasion of Sakhalin << [/B]



Honored officers ...

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>> Battle of La Pérouse Strait, April 17, 1905 << [/B]





With some relief, the Japanese cruisers realized that the supposed ...

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>> Battle of La Pérouse Strait, April 17, 1905 << [/B]





Kaigun-chūjō Tōgō Heihachirō had lined up to prove to the ...

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>> Memorandum of Kaigun-chūjō Tōgō Heihachirō
on the battle for the Keelung troop transport from 7 to 8 January 1905 << [/B ...

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>> Battle of the Keelung troop transport from 7 to 8 January 1905 << [/B]





Kaigun-Chūsa Tanaka Daisuke had to watch as one ...

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>> Battle of the Keelung troop transport from 7 to 8 January 1905 << [/B]





Giving up was not an option for the commander of ...

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>> Battle of the Keelung troop transport from 7 to 8 January 1905 << [/B]





The Japanese armed forces – whether navy or army ...

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>> Memorandum of Kaigun-chūjō Tōgō Heihachirō
to the logbook of the hunter cruiser Iwate of 29 December 1904 << [/B ...

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>> Logbook of the hunter cruiser Iwate dated 29 December 1904 << [/B]






1:39 p.m. – First goal scored on Gromoboi class ...

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Editorial office of the Tōkyō Shinbun – Monday, November 7, 1904




Osaki Satoshi came back to the editorial office. In the Ministry of the Navy, Communications Minister Ōura Kanetake had made a statement that ...

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>> Attack on Sasebo November 05, 1904 << [/B]






The idea of being able to detect anything in the prevailing darkness was a ...

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>> Attack on Sasebo November 05, 1904 << [/B]






The enemy cruiser was defeated, but as long as it floated on the surface of ...

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>> Attack on Sasebo November 05, 1904 << [/B]




Also in this battle the poor quality of the Japanese artillery was ...

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>> Attack on Sasebo November 05, 1904 << [/B]




A single protected cruiser, which was addressed as a Pallada class, could be ...

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>> Attack on Sasebo November 05, 1904 << [/B]



On the morning of 5 November, the Japanese 29th Cruiser Division left Ōmura Bay ...

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>> Memorandum of Gensui Ōyama Iwao
on the demands of the 大本営 (Daihon'ei) for an invasion of Sakhalin << [/B]


Honored officers ...

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Editors of the Tōkyō Shinbun – Monday, October 24, 1904





After the last big battle, there was now an eerie silence and Osaki Satoshi had time to take care of details intensively. He was present in the port the ...

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Extra sheet of the Tōkyō Shinbun from Friday, September 23, 1904




>> RUSSIAN FLEET DESTROYED IN A MASSIVE NAVAL BATTLE! <<



The first rumors spread in the late morning of September 23 in the port city of ...

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>> Battle of the Yellow Sea Fleet 22 September 1904 << [/B]





It didn't matter which course the three Russian torpedo ...

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>> Battle of the Yellow Sea Fleet 22 September 1904 << [/B]





The sea rescue was canceled. The torpedo boats withdrew ...