Sakhalin invasion

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The Sakhalin invasion was a 1905 Japanese military campaign in the Russo-Japanese War in which Japan seized control of Russia’s Sakhalin Island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion
military campaign
aftermath division of Sakhalin Island between Japan and Russia
belligerent Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan

Russian Empire
belligerentStrength Japanese expeditionary force
Russian garrison on Sakhalin
cause ongoing hostilities between Japan and Russia in 1905
combatant Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
Russian Army
Russian coastal defenses
conflict Russo-Japanese War
conflictType amphibious operation
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
endTime 1905-08
historicalEra early 20th century
historicalRegion Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
location Russian Sakhalin
Sakhalin Island
objective seizure of Sakhalin Island from Russia
opponent Russian forces on Sakhalin
opposingCountry Russian Empire
participant Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan

Russian Empire
partOf Pacific theatre of the Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
precededBy Battle of Tsushima
relatedTo Japanese operations in Manchuria
Treaty of Portsmouth
result Japanese victory
significance contributed to Japanese leverage in peace negotiations
startTime 1905-07
status completed military operation
strategicPurpose pressure Russia to accept peace terms
territorialChange Japanese occupation of southern Sakhalin
linked to: Sakhalin invasion
theatreOfWar Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
timePeriod 1905

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Sakhalin invasion territorialChange Japanese occupation of southern Sakhalin
linked to: Sakhalin invasion
Imperial Japanese Army 7th Division participatedIn Invasion of Sakhalin (1905)
linked to: Sakhalin invasion