Qualla: Battle of Lushunkou https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-lushunkou-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Lushunkou https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou Battle of Lushunkou: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou/ Photo credit Ogata Gekkō (尾形月耕画), Public domain. The defenders of Lushunkou had every advantage a garrison could hope for: sixteen years of fortification, hills bristling with heavy artillery, minefields guarding the approaches, and the only dry docks in China capable of repairing modern warships. On 21 November 1894, the Japanese Second Army overran all of it in less than a day. What followed was not a celebration of victory but a massacre of civilians that would haunt Japan's international reputation for decades.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-lushunkou-wp/wwyh-battle-of-lushunkou-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Lushunkou: The Impregnable Fortress https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou/ Photo credit Public domain. By the 1890s, Lushunkou -- known to the West as Port Arthur -- was the jewel of China's Beiyang Fleet. The Qing government had spent sixteen years transforming this harbor at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula into a naval stronghold considered superior to Hong Kong in its facilit...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-lushunkou-wp/wwyh-battle-of-lushunkou-the-impregnable-fortress.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Lushunkou: Collapse Before Contact https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou/ Photo credit Adachi GINKO active c.1870-1900 (Japan) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain. The Japanese campaign began with a landing at Pikou on 24 October 1894. General Nogi Maresuke took the walled town of Jinzhou on 6 November with almost no resistance, sealing off the peninsula at its narrowest point -- barely two and a half miles wide. The next day, Nogi marched ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-lushunkou-wp/wwyh-battle-of-lushunkou-collapse-before-contact.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Lushunkou: One Day, Two Legacies https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou/ Photo credit Ogata Gekkō (尾形月耕画), Public domain. The final assault began after midnight on 21 November. Japanese troops stormed the landward defenses under heavy fire and had captured every major position by noon. Shore fortifications held a few hours longer before falling by late afternoon. That night, the surviving Chinese de...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-lushunkou-wp/wwyh-battle-of-lushunkou-one-day-two-legacies.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Lushunkou: The Shadow of Massacre https://qualla.com/battle-of-lushunkou/ Photo credit Ogata Gekkō (尾形月耕画), Public domain. When Japanese troops entered Port Arthur on the afternoon of 21 November, they discovered the mutilated remains of fallen comrades. What followed has become known as the Port Arthur massacre. Soldiers turned on the remaining inhabitants of the city in a rampage that lasted days. ...

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