Evening,

Has anybody seen any good books on the Russo-Japanese war. I've only been able to find one.

David

You might want to post this over in the Books and Publications or Military History forums. It depends on it you mean the 1945 Russo-Japanese war or the 1904-05 one. You may find more help there.

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if you can get your hands on a old film called .. port arthur ..
this gives a good acount of things
cheers krieg

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Thanks, Krieg!

David

Ok I take it that you meant the latter then.

"The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905" by Geoffrey Jukes

"The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905" by Denis Warner and Peggy Warner

"The Short Victorious War: The Russo-Japanese Conflict, 1904-1905." by David Walder.

"The Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 (Men-at-Arms)" by Alexei Ivanov

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

I'm the "Confederate with a pipe"!! LOL

Thanks, all. I thought about one of the different forums, but chose this one because of the impact that the Russo-Japanese war had on Japanese naval thinking during WW2. Sorry if it was the wrong one.

David

I just studied this in school. I hadn't realized it had such a major impact on the start of Japanese Imperialism. Does anyone think that if Russia had been victorious that Japan might have never became a major power in the 20th century?

Tsu Shima was for the Imperial Japanese Navy their equivalent of Jutland or Trafalgar. It set the tone for their naval developments and tactics through WW 2. One of the most notiable development / tactic that dominated alot of Japanese thinking was the night torpedo attack.
With the development of the LOX propelled torpedo the Japanese got "torpedo mania" and made this weapon a centerpiece of their surface fleet. They expected it to be a war winning weapon.

You might like these sites.

The Russo-Japanese War Research Society

Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 - Military Photos Images Pictures Discussion

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

I'm the "Confederate with a pipe"!! LOL

Thanks, all!

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David

"It is history that teaches us to hope"
Robert E. Lee

David,

Here is a link to my sources page: http://www.russojapanesewar.com/Sources.pdf

I can help you to find any of the books listed as well as make you copies of those, which are harder to come by. I am in total agreement with the statement that the results of the RJW seriously impacted Japan's planning and performance in WWII. I am not so certain though that a loss to Russia would have curbed her future path to war. I would love to discuss this if you folks wish to and thanks JCFalkenbergIII for referring to my society web site. I hope that you have enjoyed it and found it useful.

Cheers

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http://www.russojapanesewar.com