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by Oleg Airapetov
At the first stage of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian fleet was unable to establish control over the sea, its actions were generally unsuccessful. Nevertheless, it remained a fleet in being, a factor, a threat to communications, which the Japanese had to reckon with. This threat was not an obstacle to the transfer of the Japanese army from the islands to the continent, and above all to Korea. The failures of the fleet were followed by the failures of the army. All this did not meet the expectations of Russian society. |