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China Old Postcard PORT ARTHUR Martyrs Patriotic Tower, Paiyushan Mountains 218mVintage Chinese Old Picture Postcard, China. Martyrs Tower, The Patriotic Tower on Paiyushan, White Jade Mountain, Mountains, 218 meters high. Height. 旅順 白玉山上 表忠塔 高 二百十八尺.Series No: 66
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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