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China 1905 Old Postcard INFIRMARY BARRACKS Port Arthur

Publisher: The Empire Series
Series No: 11
Sent from: Plaistow
Addressed to: S. Woodford
Stamp: GB KE7 1/2d
Condition: Used
Background: Port Arthur, on the Liaotung peninsula in the south of Russian-occupied Manchuria, had been fortified into a major naval base by the Russians. The Japanese needed to control the sea in order to fight a war on the Asian mainland, so their first military objective was to neutralize the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.

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