![]() ![]() The significance of the Russo-Japanese War for the rest of the world was that for the first time in modern history an Asian country had defe ated a European power. However when the Russian defenders of Port Arthur surrendered to the Japanese in January 1905, things began to go awry. When the war began in February 1904, the Czar and his officials viewed it as an opportunity to divert the Russian people’s attention from their own domestic problems, instead focusing their patriotic loyalty on Czar Nicholas as their ‘Little Father.’ The officials complacently assumed that Russia would achieve easy victory over an insignificant Asian country in a small eastern war. ![]() Following last week's post about propaganda cartoons from the Russo-Japanese War, we take a look at some more political cartoons published in the New Zealand Graphic that reflect this. The Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) had far-reaching effects around the world for all the major European powers.
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