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.
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