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Obituary for Woodbridge naval historian Peter Padfield, who took part in the Mayflower II re-enactment event
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Obituary for Woodbridge naval historian Peter Padfield, who took part in the Mayflower II re-enactment event
Obituary for Woodbridge naval historian Peter Padfield, who took part in the Mayflower II re-enactment event
By Aidan Clarke The Russo-Japanese War saw the Imperial Russian Navy soundly beaten by the Imperial Japanese Navy. While much of the analysis on the Russo-Japanese War focuses on the Battle of Tsushima and the success of the Japanese Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, one can also look to understand the deficiencies present in the Imperial Russian Navy that contributed to this defeat. The causes for this shocking defeat can be compared with the challenges of the Russian Empire as a whole. Russian naval culture, like that of its civilian society, had been built on an outdated system of social class, ...