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China Old Postcard NOGIs Monument 203 Kochi Port ArthurVintage B/W Japanese Picture Postcard, Military, Nogi's Monument Memorial Monument on 203 Kochi. Port Arthur. 旅順戰蹟 爾靈山乃木保典君戰死記念碑 二〇三高地.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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