Retreating Russian Army after Mukden; March, 1905

Retreat of the Russian Army after the Battle of Mukden.

The Battle of Mukden (奉天会戦 Hōten kaisen), one of the largest land battles to be fought before World War I and the last and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought from 20 February to 10 March 1905 between Japan and Russia near Mukden in Manchuria. The city is now called Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province in China.

The Russian forces, numbering more than 340,000, under General Alexei Nikolajevich Kuropatkin, fought the attacking Imperial Japanese Army forces numbering more than 280,000, led by Marshal Marquess Oyama Iwao. Involving more than 600,000 combat participants, it was the largest battle since the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, and also the largest modern-era battle ever fought in Asia before World War II.

Taken on 1905-03-10 *
Source Wikipedia/P. F. Collier & Son
License No Rights Reserved

The uploader of this image has enabled registered users to make comments on the photograph posted above. However, you need to upload at least 5 photos before you are allowed to post comments.