First Sino-Japanese War
July 25, 1894 – April 17, 1895 · Korea and the Yellow Sea
Result Japanese victory
Conflict of 25 July 1894 to 17 April 1895 between Qing China and the Empire of Japan, fought primarily for influence over Korea. Japanese land and naval victories, including the capture of Port Arthur and Weihaiwei, forced China to sue for peace; the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 17 April required a massive indemnity and ceded Taiwan to Japan. The war shifted regional dominance in East Asia from China to Japan for the first time and exposed the failure of Qing military modernization, fueling upheavals that led to the 1911 Revolution.
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Qing China
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Battles 9
- Battle of Pungdo July 25, 1894 · Japanese victory
- Battle of Seonghwan July 28–29, 1894 · Japanese victory
- Battle of Pyongyang (1894) September 15, 1894 · Japanese victory
- Battle of the Yalu River (1894) September 17, 1894 · Japanese victory
- Battle of Jiuliancheng October 24, 1894 · Japanese victory
- Battle of Lüshunkou November 21, 1894 · Japanese victory
- Battle of Weihaiwei January 20 – February 12, 1895 · Japanese victory
- Battle of Yingkou March 4, 1895 · Japanese victory
- Pescadores campaign (1895) March 23–26, 1895 · Japanese victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- Treaty of Shimonoseki April 17, 1895
- Led to
- Russo-Japanese War February 8, 1904 – September 5, 1905
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Also involved 23
- Zhang Zuolin
- Cao Kun
- Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
- Terauchi Masatake
- Katō Tomosaburō
- Tanaka Giichi
- Saitō Makoto
- Senjūrō Hayashi
- Li Yuanhong
- Prince Komatsu Akihito
- Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
- Kuroki Tamemoto
- Dewa Shigetō
- Kamimura Hikonojō
- Nogi Maresuke
- Nie Shicheng
- Hasegawa Yoshimichi
- Yamanashi Hanzō
- Liu Buchan
- Nobuyoshi Mutō
- Kataoka Shichirō
- Kan'in Kotohito
- Kamio Mitsuomi