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Definition of Russo-japanese war

1. Noun. Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria.

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Literary usage of Russo-japanese war

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time by Thomas Benfield Harbottle (1904)
"Nanshan (Russo-Japanese War). Fought May 26, 1904, between three Japanese divisions, under General Oku, and a Russian division, with a large force of ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"russo-japanese war Japan's fourth war was with Russia, and again the cause was Korea with the added element of Manchuria. We have seen how Russia, ..."

3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"Oberlin, O. THE russo-japanese war. LUSSO-JAPANESE WAR FROM A PRO-RUSSIAN VIEW-POINT. BY JUDGE EDWARD CAMPBELL. E larger section of the American is is at ..."

4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"russo-japanese war Japan's fourth war was with Russia, and again the cause was Korea with the added element of Manchuria. We have seen how Russia, ..."

5. The History of Nations by Henry Cabot Lodge (1906)
"Chapter XXI THE russo-japanese war AND ITS AFTERMATH 1904-1906 THE first hostile acts of the Russo-Japanese War were, as in the Chinese war ten years before ..."

6. International Law Documents by Naval War College (U.S.) (1907)
"Days of grace in Russo-Japanese war.—The wars of the latter half of the ... The Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5, however, being to a considerable extent a ..."

7. The History of Europe from 1862 to 1914: From the Accession of Bismarck to by Lucius Hudson Holt, Alexander Wheeler Chilton (1917)
"In this way the Russo-Japanese War and its results played an important part in European politics, so weakening the forces hostile to Germany that they were ..."

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