Japan's defeat of Russia at Port Arthur in north-east China was the first victory of an Asian country over a European power
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![The Imperial Japanese Navy Sinks the Russian Fleet: Manchuria 1904/05 | by Steve Newman Writer | Medium The Imperial Japanese Navy Sinks the Russian Fleet: Manchuria 1904/05 | by Steve Newman Writer | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*qaknbft0qTVZ2txKDYfiOw.jpeg)
The Imperial Japanese Navy Sinks the Russian Fleet: Manchuria 1904/05 | by Steve Newman Writer | Medium
![The Battle of Japan and Russia at Port Arthur—Hurrah for Great Japan and Its Great Victory,” Artist unknown, 1905 The Battle of Japan and Russia at Port Arthur—Hurrah for Great Japan and Its Great Victory,” Artist unknown, 1905](https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/throwing_off_asia_01/image/2000_356_l.jpg)
The Battle of Japan and Russia at Port Arthur—Hurrah for Great Japan and Its Great Victory,” Artist unknown, 1905
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