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The Romanovs and the Russo-Japanese War: Disaster in the East
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the catastrophic Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, a conflict that exposed the weakness of the Romanov autocracy and sparked the 1905 Revolution. They discuss the Battle of Port Arthur, the siege of the naval base, the shocking defeat at Tsushima, where the Baltic Fleet was annihilated by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, and the Treaty of Portsmouth negotiated by Theodore Roosevelt. They examine the role of General Aleksey Kuropatkin, the fall of Port Arthur to General Nogi Maresuke, and the war's impact on Russian morale. The episode also covers the…
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