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"alcoholism and general lack of discipline was a serious problem among Russian troops" Sounds oddly...familiar.

Fascinating that a war that lasted little over a year had  so many military and political consequences across the globe this was arguably the second most important war before the ww1 alongside with the first Balkan war (both helping to start the catastrophe in 1914).

At the time, Alsace-Lorraine is in Germany, not in France it is shown on the map here.
It's a little detail which has deep implication in world geopolitics discussed in the video.

Thanks for making the video! Just a few things about the map:

1) what's now Primorsky Krai (with its main settlement in Vladivostok) had already been ceded by the Qing to Russia in 1860.

2) Russia's capital at the time was St Petersburg, not Moscow.

3) Tsushima was part of Japan, both before and after the war.

Ah, yes. The "first time an European colonial power got its ass kicked by a non-European empire" war.

Fun Fact: The Siege of Port Arthur became an inspiration for the Battle of Fort Slava in Attack on Titan.

This period until end of WW2 shows how quickly allies and enemies (countries) can switch sides within a persons lifetime.

I'm the Emperor of Japan... I have a giant mecha suit.
- Oversimplified

Always glad to see this relatively unknown war being covered, so please don't take what I am going to say as some pedantic rumbling. I just want to address certain points and myths to complement the video which, as often on this channel, seems well researched.

- Admiral Tōgō's given name is Heihachirō, its family name is Tōgō. All other Japanese names are given in the Japanese way, that is, given names follows the family names. In Tōgō's case it's the contrary, don't know why.
-At the time of the attack on Port Arthur, Rear-Admiral Zinoviy Petrovich Rozhestvenskiy was not commander of the Baltic Fleet. He was nominated commander of the Second Pacific Squadron (composed of the majority of the ships from the Baltic Fleet) on the 2nd of May, 1904. Similarly, Vice-Admiral Nikolai Illarionovich Skrydlov was not the commander of the Vladivostok Squadron. The squadron was under the theoretical command of Rear-Admiral Ewald Antonovich von Stackelberg but, for reasons unknown, real command was under Captain Nikolai Karlovich Reytsenshteyn, which was quickly promoted Rear-Admiral and transferred to Port Arthur where he took command of the cruisers there. He was replaced by Rear-Admiral Karl Petrovich Iessen at the head of the Vladivostok Squadron. Finally, at the start of the war, Admiral Dewa Shigetō and Admiral Rozhestvenskiy were Rear-Admirals and Admiral Oskar Viktorovich Stark (his Russian name), and Admiral Skrydlov were Vice-Admirals.
-At the end of 1903/early 1904, Russia was not sending the Baltic Fleet to reinforce the Pacific, but a small squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Andryey Andryeyevich Virenius, consisting of only one battleship, the Oslyabya, as its core. The Squadron was at Suez when the war started and was forced to go back to the Baltic and integrated Rozhestvenskiy's Fleet.
-Honestly, the ship numbers given for each fleet at around 9:40 don't make much sense but as a whole, those kinds of numbers are often difficult to compare in simple tables like those ones and often not really relevant anyway.
-During the day engagement outside Port Arthur, neither side suffered important damage. The gunnery was not poor, the engagement was just fought at extreme ranges for the time. The Russians did not stay passive and formed a line of battle.
-Most importantly, Vice-Admiral Stark was NOT celebrating his wife's birthday at the moment of the attack on Port Arthur. This is a quite well-known myth that was spread during the war by journalists as a symbol of Russian incompetence. However, most firsthand accounts of this event are contradicting themselves. Some say that it was for his wife's birthday or his own birthday, others say that it was for his wife's or his daughter's name day (Saint Mary's day). Some say that the reception was on board the Petropavlosk, others that it was at the Starks residence with most if not all of the officers of the Fleet in attendance. But there are also firsthand accounts (that I believe are the more plausible) that affirm that a party was organised by Mrs. Stark at the Starks residence, that a lot of naval officers based on shore were present, but that the Admiral was on his flagship in a meeting during the attack and that a strict no-shore-leave was in place on this night and the nights before. Admiral Stark had requested that his fleet be placed in full alert but it was denied by the Viceroy (Admiral Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev). Stark had, however, on his own initiative, ordered torpedo nets deployed and the order for the night was "prepare to repel torpedo boats attack". It is difficult to believe that a commander that had gone to such a length to prepare its fleet for war during the preceding days will organise a party and dismiss loud explosions such as portrayed here.  

I will stop there, it's already quite a long post, thanks for reading. Again, nothing against this channel or the video, just a few precisions from my side that I think can be interesting.

What’s really interesting about Willhelm egging Nicholas on to war to get a deal done. He ended a Russian treaty where both sides agreed to be neutral. His policy goals ended all of Bismarck’s careful planning

May this video be blessed by the algorithm!

Truly engaging and detailed series on a not so much covered topic, many concept of modern warfare showed up for the first time during this war!

I will never understand having access to these for free. Thanks for consistently putting out quality videos.

One of the ships that participated at the battle of tsushima served under the chilean navy. It was the "esmeralda" and after 10 years it was sold to the Japanese and renamed "izumi"

To add something to the state of the russian fleet:
Nearly every capable officer, trained crew and most of the modern ships had been posted to the 1st Pacific Squadron. It made sense, since this was the area most likely to see conflict. This also meant that any reinforcements could not nearly match the quality of the ships there.
The Black Sea fleet, due to the proximity to the Ottoman Empire, was in a better state compared to the Baltic Fleet. This proximity also meant no ships could be spared there. So all ships selected for reinforcement had to come from the Baltic. And except for the Cruiser Aurora, 2 Battleships and the Flagship, the Baltic fleet was righteously called the "Sink by themselves Squadron"

So as soon as the Japanese began to siege Port Arthur, the Naval war was won for them.

I would love all of the Russo-Japanese War episodes to be released

Having wrote a novella on the Russo-Japanese War for my senior project, I am grateful you guys are giving this topic more attention than it has been given. They never teach this in classrooms despite how critical it was to the global environment and technology of the period. Wish I had the opportunity to be involved with this honestly.

This is what happens when a country keeps the majority of their populace so low in literacy fights a disciplined people with a historical determination to win.

I love how this channel dives deep into lesser-known conflicts like the Russo-Japanese War. Keep up the amazing content!

I do hope your videos on the Spanish and Austrian Wars of Succession also become public someday. There are very little videos about those wars specifically and you guys never fail with your videos