well we probably wouldn't see the 1905 revolutions, mabye Korea a Russian puppet, mabye Japan in the Central Powers in WW1What the title says. how would this affect history?
Actually it was the other way round - the Japanese managed to bleed the russian army white. It was a long long way to get reinforcements from central russia to the far east.This is relatively simple to do, at least on land: have the war last long enough for the Russians to bleed the Japanese Army white.
And the Japanese were very good on land. Good fighters! Well done! Bravo!
Yes, if we want Russia winning this war PODs are to have been on land ITTL.If Russia had done better on land ITTL, which can be achieved by any number of different PODs
The point is the Russians lost the war because they coud not start arriving in numbers in OTL.I doubt it could hold off the Ruskies once they start arriving in numbers
Its not impossible for Russia to get 'lucky' and win/stalemate at sea, but it would require them to be pretty lucky. Japanese training was on a fanatical level. Russian training, less so. I would probably say their warships were better built as well.The Russian Far East Fleet was a respectable force. Had the surprise attack on Port Arthur failed, it would have been an ongoing worry for the Japanese. Next, if the Japanese loose ships to mines, and the Russians fare better, the decisive battle in the Pacific could eave Russia in commmand of the seas--or could leave no one with any capital ships out there.
If the seas are clean of heavy ships, sending the Baltic Fleet to Vladivostok becomes a war winner. The Japanese always knew that, while both sides had warships in the Pacific, Russia had a whole second fleet ready to send.
If Japan looses control of the sea, the war is over.
I thought the main reason for the Japanese victories at sea were due to the larger guns the Japanese battleships had. And that Banzai Human wave attacks of the Japanese ended up in a lot of casulties. Give the Russians more machine guns, and maybe these attacks could actually be stopped, like in WW2.Its not impossible for Russia to get 'lucky' and win/stalemate at sea, but it would require them to be pretty lucky. Japanese training was on a fanatical level. Russian training, less so. I would probably say their warships were better built as well.
In anycase, GrumpyyoungMan's postwar analysis sounds pretty much correct.