Battle of Tsushima
E15915
The Battle of Tsushima was a decisive 1905 naval clash of the Russo-Japanese War in which Japan’s fleet annihilated Russia’s Baltic Fleet, marking the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Tsushima canonical | 25 |
| Battle of the Japan Sea | 1 |
| Tsushima Strait Battle | 1 |
| naval Battle of Tsushima | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Battle of Tsushima Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy, engagedIn, Battle of Tsushima]
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a major 1944 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater, often considered the largest naval battle in history and a decisive defeat for the Japanese fleet.
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
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Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a major and brutal 1945 Pacific campaign between the United States and Japan, marked by intense ground combat, massive casualties, and kamikaze attacks, and is often seen as a decisive factor leading to the end of World War II.
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Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval engagement of World War I, fought in 1916 between British and German fleets in the North Sea, and it decisively shaped naval strategy despite its inconclusive tactical outcome.
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Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was a World War II naval engagement in December 1939 in which British cruisers confronted and ultimately forced the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Tsushima Target entity description: The Battle of Tsushima was a decisive 1905 naval clash of the Russo-Japanese War in which Japan’s fleet annihilated Russia’s Baltic Fleet, marking the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.
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A.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a major 1944 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater, often considered the largest naval battle in history and a decisive defeat for the Japanese fleet.
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B.
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
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C.
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a major and brutal 1945 Pacific campaign between the United States and Japan, marked by intense ground combat, massive casualties, and kamikaze attacks, and is often seen as a decisive factor leading to the end of World War II.
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D.
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval engagement of World War I, fought in 1916 between British and German fleets in the North Sea, and it decisively shaped naval strategy despite its inconclusive tactical outcome.
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E.
Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was a World War II naval engagement in December 1939 in which British cruisers confronted and ultimately forced the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Russo-Japanese War
ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Tsushima
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of Tsushima ⓘ
surface form:
Tsushima Strait Battle
|
| belligerent |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy Russian losses
ⓘ
light Japanese losses compared to Russia ⓘ |
| commander |
Heihachiro Togo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tōgō Heihachirō
Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ |
| commanderSide |
Heihachiro Togo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tōgō Heihachirō – Japanese side
Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ
surface form:
Zinovy Rozhestvensky – Russian side
|
| conflict | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1905-05-27 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1905-05-28 ⓘ |
| fleetInvolved |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese Combined Fleet
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Baltic Fleet
|
| followedBy | peace negotiations between Russia and Japan ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | between Japan and the Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
naval doctrines before World War I
ⓘ
perceptions of non-European military power ⓘ |
| location |
Korea Strait
ⓘ
Korea Strait ⓘ
surface form:
Tsushima Strait
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| partOf |
Russo-Japanese War
ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War naval campaign ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of the Yellow Sea
ⓘ
Siege of Port Arthur ⓘ |
| region | Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| result |
decisive Japanese victory
ⓘ
destruction of most of the Russian Baltic Fleet ⓘ |
| shipsSunk | majority of Russian capital ships engaged ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive factor in ending the Russo-Japanese War
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demonstrated effectiveness of modern battleships and naval gunnery ⓘ first major victory of an Asian power over a European power in modern times ⓘ influenced global naval strategy and ship design ⓘ |
| startDate | 1905-05-27 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
Japan sought to prevent Russian fleet from reaching Vladivostok
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Russia sought to reinforce its Pacific Squadron ⓘ |
| tacticalFeature |
Japanese use of superior gunnery and maneuver
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crossing the T maneuver by Japanese fleet ⓘ |
| technologyUsed |
armored cruisers
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pre-dreadnought battleships ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| treatyConsequence | Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ |
| year | 1905 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Tsushima Description of subject: The Battle of Tsushima was a decisive 1905 naval clash of the Russo-Japanese War in which Japan’s fleet annihilated Russia’s Baltic Fleet, marking the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.
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