RUSSO-JAPANESE War (1904-05)

Above: Map of Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05 a victorious Japan forced Russia to give up its policy of expansion towards the Far East. Thus Japan became the first Asian country to humble a European country.

Above: Japanese combat canon deployed at Port Arthur

THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN USA AND BRITAIN

Above: Map of Mexico (click map to enlarge)

The war on land and sea stretched from 1812 to 1815 along the border with Canada near the Chesapeake Bay region and also along the Mexican Gulf. It ended with a peace treaty being signed in Europe.

Above: Map showing the location of Great Lakes

The American Revolutionary War of 1783 was over but Britain did not withdraw her forces from the Great Lakes. This was a bone of contention. Neither was Britain willing to sign commercial treaties in favour of America.

Italo-Turkish War (TURKO-ITALIAN WAR - 1912)

Above: Map during Trablusgarp Savasi

In Italy this war between Turkey and Italy was known as Guerra di Libia or The Libyan War and in Turkey as Trablusgarp Savasi. It was a conflict between the Ottoman Turks and Italy. Lasting from 29th September to 18th October it is also known in history as The Tripolitan War.

Above: Italian soldiers firing against enemy Turks at Tripoli

Libya at that time consisted of the Turkish provinces of Tripolitania and Cyremaoca together with Rhodes Island and the archipelago of Dodecanese, with a Greek speaking population, near Anatolia. Italy seized these regions from the Ottoman Turks.

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