Changes: Battle of Tsushima

Battle of Tsushima
	Part of the Russo-Japanese War
Date	May 27-28, 1905
Location	Straits of Tsushima
Result	Decisive Japanese victory
Belligerents
Imperial Japanese Navy	Imperial Russian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Tōgō Heihachirō; Kamimura Hikonojō; Dewa Shigetō	Zinovy Rozhestvensky; Nikolai Nebogatov; Oskar Enkvist
Strength
4 battleships; 27 cruisers; 21 destroyers; 37 torpedo boats plus gunboats, and auxiliary vessels; total:89 ships	8 battleships; 3 coastal battleships; 8 cruisers; 9 destroyers; total:27 ships
Casualties and losses
117 dead; 583 injured; 3 torpedo boats sunk	4,380 dead; 5,917 captured; 21 ships sunk (7 battleships); 7 captured; 6 disarmed

Revision as of 06:22, 8 September 2021

The Battle of Tsushima was the last and most decisive sea battle of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. It was fought on May 27–28, 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. In this battle the Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroyed two-thirds of the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky. It was the largest and only major naval engagement fought by pre-dreadnought battleships, and the only sea battle in history in which steel battleships fought a decisive fleet action.

Historian Edmund Morris calls it the greatest naval battle since the British victory over the French and Spanish at Trafalgar, 100 years earlier.

Battle of Tsushima in Days of Infamy

Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had taken part in the Battle of Tsushima, losing the first two fingers of his left hand. During the war with the United States, he constantly fought for a decisive battle, one reminiscent of the Battle of Tsushima in order to finally force the United States to the negotiating table. Alas, he nor any other fleet commander was able to do this. Even the invasion and conquest of Hawaii, which was costly to both sides, did not definitively vanquish the U.S.

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-The '''Battle of Tsushima''' was the last and most decisive sea battle of the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–1905. It was fought on May 27–28, 1905 in the Tsushima Strait.  In this battle the [[Japanese]] fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroyed two-thirds of the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky. It was the largest and only major naval engagement fought by pre-dreadnought battleships, and the only sea battle in history in which steel battleships fought a decisive fleet action.
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+|partof=the [[Russo-Japanese War]]
+|date=May 27-28, 1905
+|place=Straits of Tsushima
+|result=Decisive Japanese victory
+|combatant1=[[Image:NavalJap.jpg|20px]][[Imperial Japanese Navy]]
+|combatant2= [[Image:NavalRus.jpg|20px]]Imperial [[Russia]]n Navy
+|commander1=[[Image:NavalJap.jpg|20px]]Tōgō Heihachirō<br>[[Image:NavalJap.jpg|20px]]Kamimura Hikonojō<br>[[Image:NavalJap.jpg|20px]]Dewa Shigetō
+|commander2=[[Image:NavalRus.jpg|20px]]Zinovy Rozhestvensky<br>[[Image:NavalRus.jpg|20px]]Nikolai Nebogatov<br>[[Image:NavalRus.jpg|20px]]Oskar Enkvist
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+|strength2=8 battleships<br>3 coastal battleships<br>8 cruisers<br>9 destroyers<br>total:27 ships
+|casualties1=117 dead<br>583 injured<br>3 torpedo boats sunk
+|casualties2=4,380 dead<br>5,917 captured<br>21 ships sunk (7 battleships)<br>7 captured<br>6 disarmed}}
+[[image:Tsushima_battle_map-en-1-.svg|thumb|left]]
+The '''Battle of Tsushima''' was the last and most decisive sea battle of the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–1905. It was fought on May 27–28, 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. In this battle the [[Japan]]ese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroyed two-thirds of the [[Russia]]n fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky. It was the largest and only major naval engagement fought by pre-dreadnought battleships, and the only sea battle in history in which steel battleships fought a decisive fleet action.
-Historian Edmund Morris calls it the greatest naval battle since Trafalgar.
+Historian Edmund Morris calls it the greatest naval battle since the [[British]] victory over the [[French]] and [[Spanish]] at Trafalgar, 100 years earlier.
-==Battle of Tsushima in ''[[Days of Infamy]]''==
+==Battle of Tsushima in [[Days of Infamy series|Days of Infamy]]==
-Fleet Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto#Isoroky Yamamoto in Days of Infamy|Isoroku Yamamoto]] had taken part in the '''Battle of Tsushima'', losing the first two fingers of his left hand.  During the [[World War II#World War II in Days of Infamy|war]] with the [[United States#United States in Days of Infamy|United States]], he constantly fought for a decisive battle, one reminiscent of the Battle of Tsushima in order to finally force the [[United States (Days of Infamy)|United States]] to the negotiating table.  Alas, he nor any other fleet commander was able to do this.
+Fleet Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto (Days of Infamy)|Isoroku Yamamoto]] had taken part in the '''Battle of Tsushima''', losing the first two fingers of his left hand. During the [[World War II (Days of Infamy)|war]] with the [[United States (Days of Infamy)|United States]], he constantly fought for a decisive battle, one reminiscent of the Battle of Tsushima in order to finally force the United States to the negotiating table. Alas, he nor any other fleet commander was able to do this. Even the [[Japanese Invasion of Hawaii (Days of Infamy)|invasion and conquest]] of [[Hawaii (Days of Infamy)|Hawaii]], which was costly to both sides, did not definitively vanquish the U.S.{{DEFAULTSORT: Tsushima, Battle of}}
+{{Infamy}}
+[[Category:Battles|Tsushima]]
 [[Category:Days of Infamy]]
-[[Category:Battle]]