Pacific Positioning
Japan’s colonial possessions throughout the south Pacific proved very profitable, but the close proximity to the colonies of the United States set both nations on a path toward eventual conflict.
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The Question of Korea
After the Russo-Japanese War, the Meiji government moved quickly to solidify their control of Korea, gradually chipping away at the sovereignty of its government until annexation became the only logical next step.
A Tsar is Born
We examine the development Russian Empire of the 1800s and see what factors set them on a collision course with Japan in 1904.
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