You can still feel that wind off the Liaodong Peninsula if you listen hard enough, it carries the ghosts of Port Arthur, Mukden, and the empires that thought they were too big to fail. One bled out. The other walked away with a victory that cost it its soul.

This was trench warfare before Europe even knew the word. Six hundred thousand men fed into a grinder that proved industrial war didn’t care about flags, prayers, or imperial fantasies. Japan thought victory would earn respect. Russia thought size meant destiny. They both walked into a century that would break them.

And the West? It applauded, took notes, and learned absolutely nothing.

If you want to understand how the 20th century actually started, this is for you. With ghosts, rust, barbed wire, and two empires testing how much suffering they could inflict before something inside them snapped.

This week on Lessons Lost in Time, we go deep into the war that rewired global power.

If you’re into history that punches you in the chest instead of patting you on the head, click the link and listen now.

FURTHER READING

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/nwc-review/article/2203/&path_info=The_Russo_Japanese_War__Primary_Causes_of_Japanese_Success.pdf

https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/6906/1/Aspects_of_the_Russo-Japanese_War.pdf

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