| Topic List | Page List: 1 |
|---|---|
| Topic | Why didn't the Europeans colonize Japan |
| Crazyman93 02/13/21 3:34:59 AM #50: | JBaLLEN66 posted... A lot of western mistakes were made on Japan, just look at the beginning of the Pacific front in general lol and the Russian Japanese war. What were the Russians thinking sailing a navy that far away in to a countries backyard like that?Actually, the biggest mistake of the Russo-Japanese War was Tsar Nicholas ending it. The Japanese weren't exactly in great straits there, but the battle looked bad enough to convince the Tsar to take advice to sue for peace. It was really the point of no return for the fall of the Russian Empire. As to where they sailed their fleet... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan#/media/File:Japan_(orthographic_projection).svg You see that landmass to the Northwest of Japan? That's eastern Russia, bordering China, Mongolia, and for a really tiny bit what appears to be the Korean Peninsula. --- let's lubricate friction material! ~nickels, Cars & Trucks ... Copied to Clipboard! |
| Topic List | Page List: 1 |
.svg){kind=link}