Largest Land Battle Before WWI Caused the First Russian Revolution
🎥 Watch 300+ exclusive videos on Youtube► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join or Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/kingsandgeneralsKings and Generals animated documentary series on the early modern history and history of Russia and Japan continues with a video on the Russo-Japanese War, as we discuss the battle of Mukden - the largest and final battle of the conflict. Japan needed a decisive victory. Russia needed to stop retreating. At Mukden in 1905, more than 600,000 men faced a battle that would expose the devastating power of modern warfare. In this episode of our Russo-Japanese War series, we follow the Battle of Mukden from its opening deception to the collapse of the Russian defensive line. General Aleksey Kuropatkin built his position around three armies, powerful artillery and a defensive front. Marshal Oyama Iwao planned to draw Russian reserves east while General Nogi Maresuke swept around the western flank. As Japanese infantry attacked entrenched positions and heavy guns pinned Russian troops in place, the danger shifted behind Kuropatkin’s lines. Failed counterattacks, confused orders and threatened escape routes turned a planned withdrawal into a retreat. Yet Japan’s exhausted army faced its own limits, and victory came at a terrible cost. Discover how Oyama’s deception worked, why Russian numerical advantages failed to secure victory, and how the fighting around Mukden foreshadowed the battlefields of World War One. With the fall of Port Arthur behind them and Tsushima still ahead, both empires were approaching the final reckoning of a war that transformed the balance of power in East Asia and shook imperial Russia.
Previous videos on the Russian and Japanese history:
History of the Shogunates: https://youtu.be/aoczzwyfjkA
When America Invaded Russia: https://youtu.be/7rRq3McTnYs
Japanese Armies of the Shogunate Era: https://youtu.be/prwtomYDsZ4
Why the Russian Colonization of the Americas Failed: https://youtu.be/hVUbiefgVJQ
Bushido - Samurai Code of Honour - Myth and Reality: https://youtu.be/EfWNgUXvfT0
William Adams - English Samurai: https://youtu.be/2aVshthzRuk
Japan and the West: First Contact: https://youtu.be/prwtomYDsZ4
Structure of Medieval Japan: https://youtu.be/1xxrwHBcDs0
Yasuke - African Samurai: https://youtu.be/0RZaHgXEhJ4
Samurai: Outsiders to Legends: https://youtu.be/cKyEkgf_Z5A
Russo-Japanese War Begins: https://youtu.be/eJIXhKPOWnU
How did Japan become Buddhist?: https://youtu.be/u0Zrwqh3GEc
Imjin War: https://youtu.be/5TA5gb1beqo
Wakō - History of Piracy in Japan: https://youtu.be/ptixgsjGxqg
Shimabara Rebellion: The Christian Revolt in Japan https://youtu.be/YgMIUzUeBnE
Ainu - History of the Indigenous people of Japan: https://youtu.be/5tnK2FK2298
Real Ghost of Tsushima - Mongol Invasion of Japan: https://youtu.be/11Y_Q1w-d_E
Mongols: Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281: https://youtu.be/7FxBjEbEPX0
Sohei: Buddhist Warrior Monks: https://youtu.be/KHedbN-rL2Q
The video was made by Talha Sial, while the script was researched and written by Craig Watson. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0-VII-V376zFxiRGMeZGg & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ). Art by Banskie Ayuban, machinima by Malay Archer. WWI ships made by oohs.0907 and arraenster
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00:00:00 - Mukden: World War Zero
00:00:54 - Russia Prepares Its Last Stand
00:03:08 - Japan’s Plan to Trap Kuropatkin
00:05:41 - Kuropatkin Takes the Bait
00:06:44 - Nogi Turns the Russian Flank
00:09:28 - Russia’s Counterattack Unravels
00:12:21 - The Retreat Becomes a Rout
00:13:59 - The Terrible Cost of Victory
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