Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
Fighting over Manchuria and Port Arthur. Russia sends its Baltic Fleet
half way around the world and the entire fleet is sunk at the battle of Tsushima.
Ends with the "Treaty of Portsmouth" 1905. It required Japan and Russia to remove
troops from Manchuria and give it back to China.
It granted Japan the right to lease
the Russian-built South Manchurian Railway from China.
It granted Japan the Southern
half of Sakhalin Island. (8 feb 1904 año – 5 sept 1905 año)