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153: 25: 166: 99: 543:) on 10 July, the same day that a new Japanese detachment landed at Cape Notoro. Colonel Arciszewski dug in to resist the Japanese, but was outflanked and forced to flee into the mountainous interior of the island. He surrendered with his remaining men on 16 July. About 200 Russians were captured while the Japanese suffered 18 dead and 58 wounded. 472:. The island was used as a prison and a place of exile for political dissidents, and did not figure prominently in Russian strategic plans. The island was noted for its harsh climate, isolation, and the high level of corruption of its ruling bureaucrats, and consequently little investment was made in its defence. 558:
The Japanese occupied Sakhalin with minimal effort and low losses. The Russians suffered 181 dead and had 3,270 taken prisoner. The reasons for the low Russian resistance lay in the low morale of the soldiers, who were mostly prisoners and deportees with little or no military training. Per the terms
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without opposition, and a second landing party nearer to Korsakov itself, where it destroyed a battery of field artillery after short combat. The Japanese moved on to occupy Korsakov on 8 July, which was set on fire by the retreating Russian garrison after having been defended for 17 hours by 2,000
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and the issue was reconsidered. Roosevelt agreed with the Japanese assessment that the invasion and occupation of Sakhalin was now necessary, as only the threat of direct loss of Russian territory would bring
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had a garrison on Sakhalin with a nominal strength of 7,280 men. However, many of these men were conscripted farmers, hunters, or political prisoners with minimal training or equipment. Russian General
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had been considered by the Japanese government from the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War, and the plan was actively promoted by General
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Japan and Russia had previously shared ownership of Sakhalin; however, the Japanese relinquished their claims in the
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The Japanese force commenced landing operations on 7 July 1905, with the main force landing between
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ending the Russo-Japanese War, the southern half of Sakhalin was ceded to Japan, with the
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had been a lawyer before the war, and had limited formal military training.
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invasion force consisted of 14,000 men of the newly formed
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On 24 July, the Japanese landed in northern Sakhalin near
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in exchange for undisputed sovereignty over all of the
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Russo-Japanese War

Sakhalin
Empire of Japan
Russian Empire
Haraguchi Kensai
Kataoka Shichirō
Mikhail Nikolaevich Lyapunov
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Russo-Japanese War
Naval battles
1st Port Arthur
Chemulpo Bay
Hitachi Maru convoy
Yellow Sea
Ulsan
Korsakov
Dogger Bank incident
Tsushima
Land battles
Yalu River
Nanshan
Te-li-Ssu

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