Russo-Japanese War (4/1/2019)

Question 1

Russia’s military power

Answer 1

• Population 3 x larger than Japan
• Larger territory
• Depended on trans-Siberian railway
• Forces in the far east totalled 100,000
• Railway could reinforce troops by 35,000 per month

Question 2

Japan’s military power

Answer 2

• easy access to war (across the Japanese sea)
• capacity to put 180,000 men into the field immediately
• could reinforce troops by a short sea route
• soldiers frequently display “nationalism and semi-religious fanaticism”.