✦ History

Part of Russo-Japanese War

Battle of Sandepu

January 25–29, 1905 · Battle of Sandepu

Result Inconclusive

A failed Russian winter offensive against the Japanese left wing (position approximate).

On the map Contemporaries

Japan

Russia

Japan
Russian Empire
Ōyama Iwao military commander Oku Yasukata military commander Tatsumi Naofumi military commander
Alexei Kuropatkin military commander Oskar Gripenberg military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
40,000c. 40,000
Casualties
9,400c. 9,400
Strength
75,000c. 58,000
Casualties
13,963c. 13,000
Killed
1,727
Wounded
11,123
Missing
1,113

Units

Second Army (Japan) 2nd Division (Japan) 8th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
1st Manchurian Army 2nd Manchurian Army 3rd Manchurian Army Manchurian Army 1st Siberian Army Corps

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