Tsar’s Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle of Tsushima

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Year: 2002
Pages: 396
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 19039855

Product Code: 075679496X

Description

Constantine Pleshakov (au). On May 14, 1905, for the first time, an Asian nation defeated a European power. Russia’s total defeat at Tsushima, the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese war, confirmed Japan as a rising superpower & would-be ruler of the East. In a single day the Russian fleet was annihilated, while Japan lost only 3 destroyers. It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction. The defeat at Tsushima was the last & greatest of many indignities incurred by the Russian fleet, which had traveled halfway around the world to reach the battle, dogged every mile by bad luck & misadventure. Despite its importance & its drama, the history of the Battle of Tsushima has long been neglected in the West. Illustrations.

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