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First Sino-Japanese war

First Sino-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War, major battles and troop movements
Date 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895
(8 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location Korea, Manchuria, Taiwan, Yellow Sea
Result

Japanese victory

  • A significant loss of prestige for the Qing Empire
  • Joseon removed from the Qing Empire's vassalage
  • Korean Peninsula transferred to Japanese sphere of influence
Territorial
changes
Qing Empire cedes Taiwan, Penghu, and the Liaodong Peninsula to the Empire of Japan
Belligerents
Qing dynasty Qing dynasty Empire of Japan Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Qing dynasty Guangxu Emperor
Qing dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi
Qing dynasty Li Hongzhang
Qing dynasty Liu Kunyi
Qing dynasty Song Qing
Qing dynasty Ding Ruchang 
Empire of Japan Meiji Emperor
Empire of Japan Yamagata Aritomo
Empire of Japan Itō Sukeyuki
Empire of Japan Nozu Michitsura
Empire of Japan Ōyama Iwao
Strength
630,000 men 240,616 men
Casualties and losses
35,000 dead or wounded 1,132 dead,
3,758 wounded
285 died of wounds
11,894 died of disease
First Sino-Japanese War
Battle of Songhwan improved.jpg
War of Jiawu – referring to the year 1894 under the traditional sexagenary system
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese 甲午战争
Japan–Qing War
Kanji 日清戦争
Kyūjitai 日清戰爭

Japanese victory

The First Sino-Japanese War (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between the Qing Empire of China and the Empire of Japan, primarily over control of Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the Chinese port of Weihaiwei, the Qing government sued for peace in February 1895.

The war demonstrated the failure of the Qing Empire's attempts to modernize its military and fend off threats to its sovereignty, especially when compared with Japan's successful Meiji Restoration. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan; the prestige of the Qing Empire, along with the classical tradition in China, suffered a major blow. The humiliating loss of Korea as a vassal state sparked an unprecedented public outcry. Within China, the defeat was a catalyst for a series of political upheavals led by Sun Yat-sen and Kang Youwei, culminating in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution.

The war is commonly known in China as the War of Jiawu (Chinese: 甲午戰爭; pinyin: Jiǎwǔ Zhànzhēng), referring to the year (1894) as named under the traditional sexagenary system of years. In Japan, it is called the Japan–Qing War (Japanese: 日清戦争 Hepburn: Nisshin sensō?). In Korea, where much of the war took place, it is called the Qing–Japan War (Korean: 청일전쟁; Hanja: 淸日戰爭).


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