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Jake, Eric, and Cameron open up this three-part series of the Russo-Japanese War with an in-depth discussion of both belligerents in the half-century leading up to the 1904-05 conflict.

Russia, in their quest to catch up to the rest of Western Europe, abolish serfdom and claim ports in the Pacific Ocean, while Japan emerges from a 200-year policy of isolation and begins a process of

Westernization and industrialization often called the Meiji Restoration.

And between these two growing powers lie Manchuria and Korea - for Russia they serve as access to a warm water port; for Japan, the first frontiers of their future empire.

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