Yet, despite its importance at the time, it has become very much a forgotten war. With regard to the art of warfare, it emphasized the use of trench warfare and machine guns on land and the deployment of battleships and the use of torpedoes at sea. Diplomatically, it shook the power balance in Europe and reshaped it in the form of two coalitions, leading to World War I. Politically, it fatally weakened the Russian Empire while allowing Japan to follow more dangerous paths. Every war leaves an imprint in history, but few have had such a pervasive impact in so many respects as the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
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