Battle of Liaoyang

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The Battle of Liaoyang was a major land engagement of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, marking one of the first large-scale modern battles featuring trench warfare, heavy artillery, and coordinated maneuvers between multiple armies.

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Battle of Liaoyang canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liaoyang Campaign ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign Japanese advance toward Mukden ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander General Alexei Kuropatkin ⓘ
linked to: Aleksey Kuropatkin

Marshal Ōyama Iwao ⓘ
conflictOf Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
countryAtTime Qing Empire ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty
dateEnd 1904-09-05 ⓘ
dateStart 1904-08-25 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Mukden ⓘ
Battle of Shaho ⓘ
front Manchurian front ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of modern positional warfare prior to World War I ⓘ
involvedTechnology bolt-action rifles ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
modern field artillery ⓘ
telegraph communications ⓘ
JapaneseCommander General Kuroki Tamemoto ⓘ
General Nozu Michitsura ⓘ
General Oku Yasukata ⓘ
linked to: Oku Yasukata

Marshal Ōyama Iwao ⓘ
location Liaoning ⓘ
Liaoyang ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
notableFor coordinated maneuvers between multiple field armies ⓘ
heavy use of modern quick-firing artillery ⓘ
one of the first large-scale modern battles with extensive trench systems ⓘ
partOf Manchurian campaign of the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Haicheng ⓘ
Battle of Tashihchiao ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
RussianCommander General Alexander von Bilderling ⓘ
General Alexei Kuropatkin ⓘ
linked to: Aleksey Kuropatkin

General Nikolai Zarubaev ⓘ
scale large-scale engagement ⓘ
strategicObjective control of the approaches to Mukden ⓘ
securing the rail and road network in southern Manchuria ⓘ
theater land warfare ⓘ
usedWarfareType combined-arms operations ⓘ
modern artillery warfare ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
year 1904 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Second Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ
Russian Manchurian Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ
Nozu Michitsura → notableBattle → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ
Liaoyang → siteOf → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ
Nogi Maresuke → notableEvent → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ
Battle of Shaho → precededBy → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ
Crescent Moon Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Liaoyang ⓘ