Rising sun and tumbling bear : Russiaʼs war with Japan /

• Main Author: Connaughton, Richard Michael 1942- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Published: London : Cassell, c2003.
• Subjects: Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος, 1939-1945 > Ιαπωνία > Χιροσίμα.; Χιροσίμα (Ιαπωνία) > Ιστορία > Βομβαρδισμός, 1945.

Manchuria, 1904-1905, and in their war with the Japanese the Russians were wrong footed from the start, fighting at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway against a brilliantly led and fanatical Japanese army less than a week from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confu...