How Did Pearl Harbor Attack Russia

Comparatively, the Japanese acquired 271,000 troops in Manchuria with plans to offensively attack and divert the Russian infantry into eastern Manchuria. Ironically, the Russian military also planned to carry out an offensive attack against the Japanese. The Japanese developed a plan which, if executed correctly would push the Russians backward. However, if the Japanese had difficulties synchronizing their attacks, the Russians would have an opportunity to maintain their position allowing them to advance on the Japanese. On February 20, 1905, Japan’s 5th Army attacked the Russian left flank, their 4th Army attacked the Russian right flank, and the 3rd Army began flanking the Russians to the northwest. The battle became extremely bloody
for both nations. However, as March 7 rolled through, Russian General Kuropatkin initiated a counter attack against the Japanese 3rd Army as they continued to flank northwest. By carrying out their orders, the Russian troops began a counter attack and came into conflict with the Japanese 3rd Army at the Hun River where they began heavily bombing the Japanese as they attempted to cross the frozen river. Although the Japanese suffered thousands of casualties, the 3rd Army pushed the Russian defense line back, which eventually lead to the encircling of the Russian troops located on the right flank. Russian General Kuropatkin lost hope on the evening of March 9, as he officially removed his troops from battle, declaring Japanese the victor of yet another battle during the Russo-Japanese War . In total over 160,000 troops from both countries died while fighting in the battle of Mukden. The Japanese lost 71,000 men, while the Russians lost 89,000. The Battle of Mukden pushed the Russians out of Manchuria entirely and gave the Japanese momentum as the final battle, the Battle of Tsushima occurred in May of 1905 proclaiming the Japanese victorious after more than one year of fighting. During the aftermath of the war, Russia sent Sergey Witte to negotiate peace with Japan.
Most Russians leaders disliked Witte. His personality lacked charm as he acted incredibly vulgar and boastful, thus why Russia sent him to deal with Japan. Japan sent their Foreign Minister named Komura Jutaro to head the negotiations with Russia. Negotiations started with general disagreements on the outcome of the major land battles, such as the Battle of the Yalu River and the Battle of Mukden. Although the Japanese defeated the Russians in all of the battles, the Russians began arguing that the battles lacked strong evidence decisive enough for Russia to fully pay all the reparations from the war. Minister Jutaro remained strong and demanded the Russians pay a large indemnity for the war, the Russians evacuate Manchuria, Japanese boats have the right to fish in Russia’s eastern coastal waters, commercial and industrial use of the Chinese Eastern Railway, cession to Port Arthur, most of the South Manchurian Railway, Sakhalin as a whole, and all warships captured or interned in neutral ports . Japan also wanted recognition of Japanese rights in Korea. The Russians formally agreed on everything except giving the Japanese all of Sakhalin and the indemnity, which the Japanese dropped from the list when Russia refused. The negotiations resulted in the Treaty of Portsmouth which the two nations signed on September 5,
1905.