How far was Nicholas II responsible for: a) Russia's entry intob) Russia's defeat in the war with Japan 1904/5.

Homework Question

How far was Nicholas II responsible for:

Russia’s entry into
Russia’s defeat in

the war with Japan 1904/5.

You could say Tsar Nicholas II was solely responsible for entry of war into the war with Japan as he wanted to expand Russia’s Empire and war would of helped him do this if he won. Nicholas had become conscious of the fact that to become a strong, autocratic leader he needed to become ruler of more land. Nicholas II was planning to conquer Asian lands such as Korea and Manchuria. He thought this would be a quick and easy process. He was wrong. It was Japan who hit Russia first. I was a surprising attack on the 8th February 1904. They were very overpowering and Russia was struggling.

Nicholas had always had a grudge against Japan. This was because when he was visiting the world, he had travelled to Japan. Here a mad Japanese rebel attacked him. This instantly made him have an aversion to Japan.

B) Nicholas had believed that conquering these countries would take exceedingly little time, effort and money and he has also tried to convince Russia’s nation this was true. He may have believed this was true but he had basically misjudged Japan. Japan was known as a weak country, however this was not the case, Japan demonstrated that they were capable ...