Battle of Tsushima
The Battle of Tsushima started on May 27, 1905 and ended the next day. The highly trained and experienced Japanese were led by Admiral Togo Heihachrio while the low morale and inexperienced Russians were commanded by Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky and Admiral Nikoli Nebogatav. The Russians took a route of going around the Cape of Good Hope and eventually reaching Cam Ranh Bay in Indochina but after arriving there, they received orders to head straight to Vladivostok. The Japanese had a plan to use highly explosive ammunition in inflict much more damage into the opponent; they also decided to patrol or over watch Tsushima Strait since they knew that the Russians needed to take this route to reach their destination. Around 4:55 am, Admiral Togo got a the Russians position over a radio call after a picket cruiser saw them trying to slip in through Tsushima Strait. Admiral Togo spotted the Russians at 1:40 pm and started to engage. The Japanese followed their Admiral through one big u-turn allowing them to be in position to attack and block the route towards Vladivostok. 6,200 meters away from the Russians, Japan took fire and damaged the ship in which Rozhestvensky was in; it also harmed him and had to be transferred into a destroyer. With him out, Admiral Nikoli Nebogatav took control and continued to fire but more of his ships started to get damaged and eventually sunk. By sunset, Japan had wiped out most of the Russians and after dark Admiral Togo engaged a massive attack that lasted 3 hours long. By morning, left with only six ships left Admiral Nebogatav called for surrender at 10:34 but Admiral Togo continued to attack until the call was confirmed at 10:53.Throughout the rest of the day of May 28, 1905 the Japanese went out to sink any other remaining Russian ships. At the end of the last battle of the Russo-Japanese war, Russia had 21 ships sunk and captured with 4,380 people killed and 5,917 captured. Only 3 ships reached Vladivostok and 6 others were in neutral ports. For the Japanese, they lost 3 torpedo boats and had 117 people killed and 583 wounded