Causes and Aftermaths of the Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese became a turning point in the modernization of the modern world at a time of uncertainty in the 1900's. It marked the beginning war was a result of Russia and Japans desire for East Asian expansion. The war's end in Japanese favour brought particular recognition to Japan as a dominant world power at a time of tension and uncertainty during the 1900's. The Sino-Japanese war had great impact and was even thought to be a catalyst to the Russo-Japanese war. China had particular involvement in the war as it was mostly being fought on her soil and the obligations it had towards Russia made Japan's success even greater. MENTION LUSHUN
The Sino-Japanese war, fought between 1894 and 1895 helped establish Japan as a powerful military force and as such, proved to be a major precursor to the Russo-Japanese war. The Sino-Japanese conflict occurred as a result of conflicting interests in the control over Korea, which was traditionally a tributary kingdom of China , there was mixed public opinion as to whether Korea should be aided by the Japanese reformists or the Chinese traditionalists. The wars domination by Japan illustrated how successful it's rigorous modernization policy of the second half of the 19th century proved to be. Japan swept Korea driving the Chinese out in a matter of months and continued into Mainland China taking a large portion of Manchuria including Lu-Shun Peninsula.…