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China Old H. Tinted Postcard RED CROSS TENT Port ArthurVintage c.1900 Colour Hand Tinted Picture Postcard. Chinese. Port Arthur. RED CROSS Nurses Doctors, Medical. Soldiers. Navy. Army Uniform. DOG. Flags. Red Cross TENT near Foundation Stone. 旅順.Series No: 1
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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