Armies of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-95
The study describes how newly modernized Japan waged war against China in its first overseas campaign, marking its remarkably rapid transition into Asia's leading military power only 30 years after…
Specifikacia Armies of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-95
The study describes how newly modernized Japan waged war against China in its first overseas campaign, marking its remarkably rapid transition into Asia's leading military power only 30 years after emerging from centuries of feudalism.After the Meiji restoration of the Japanese imperial regime was secured in 1868-77, the modernization along Western lines of Japan's industry, communications and land and naval forces advanced with remarkable speed, and by the 1890s, the rejuvenated nation was ready to flex its muscles overseas. The obvious opponent was the huge but medieval Chinese Empire, and the obvious arena for war was Korea, a nearby Chinese protectorate that Japan had long coveted. (A secondary campaign would be fought on Formosa/ Taiwan, an autonomous Chinese island protectorate.)This book describes the course of the Japanese campaigns in China, and, in greater