bThe Battle of Tsushima was the most decisive naval engagement in the century that elapsed since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805./b Although these two battles are often compared, the Battle of Tsushima, in which the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy, was also unprecedented in many ways. It marks the first naval victory of an Asian power over a major European power; the most devastating defeat suffered by the Imperial...
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