Sino-Japanese War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: China, Manchuria, Korea, North Korea, South Korea
- Date: August, 1894-July, 1895
Article abstract: At issue: Control of the Korean Peninsula. Result: Chinese influence in Korea ended and Japan became the major military power in Asia.
Background
In 1854, Commander Matthew C. Perry sailed to Japan to force the Japanese to open trade relations with the United States. His arrival not only ended Japan’s two-hundred-year period of isolation but also created the most significant threat to its security since the Mongol armada. The Japanese were overwhelmed by the technological capacity of the West. They knew that if they did not adopt this...
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