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Originally posted by Easytiger
The battle of Tsushima Strait, also fought on this day in 1905 (also on the list above), is a great one for history buffs. The Japanese Navy obliterated the Russian fleet- the first time in modern history that an Asian nation had defeated a European power at sea.
The Russian fleet had actually sailed around the world to meet the Japanese, as their Eastern fleet (based in Port Arthur) had been lost to the Japanese eariler. Nine months at sea to get comprehensively whupped...
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The interesting thing about Tsushima is that western nations pretty much felt it was a fluke; the truh is ,it was one of the most one-sided naval victories in history; after Tsushima, the Japanese became a major naal power, they pretty much controlled the northern Pacific admiral Togo was called the Japanese Nelson; he should have been the man was a brilliant tactician. Interesting fact; Isoroku Yamamoto, who became Admiral of the combined fleet in 1940 and was the driving force behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, was a mid-shipman on Togo's flagship at Tsushima.