That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Two Empires. One region, in tenuous balance. While often forgotten in the modern day, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was a pivotal turning point in early 20th century geopolitics. On one side, the vast Russian Empire: having established control over Siberia, Nicholas II seeks to secure outlets to the Pacific. On the other side of the conflict, an expansionist Japan rushes headlong toward modernity and empire. Something has to give. In the first part of this week's two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the massive consequences of the Russo-Japanese war, and how the consequences of this conflict resonate in the modern day. (Spoiler, neither empire bothered to ask the actual people of Manchuria for their opinion.)

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show,
0:27.7	Ridiculous historians.
0:29.0	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:32.5	That's our own czar of podcasting, super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:46.3	Hazar. Hazar.ussar indeed uh i i am ben bullen you are noll brown and noll this is probably going to be a two-part episode we got to get into it i think it's got to be dude this
0:50.2	one gets pretty in the in the rousseau japanese weeds in the best way ever yeah and we are
0:58.9	definitely going to be in on our peas and cues because i am currently stuck in japan uh but luckily
1:06.6	this is a story uh this is a story where in Japan, spoiler, history buffs, emerges victorious.
1:14.8	So I won't get hassled too much, I think.
1:17.4	We're trying to get out of here.
1:18.7	You're a Japan booster is what you are.
1:20.3	There we go.
1:21.5	And we are coming to you from around the world, folks.
1:27.2	And this is a story brought to us by a research associate, Dr. Z, the man, the myth, the legend, about, I love his title here, that one time Japan rinsed Russia.
1:38.4	Dr. Z is a master phrase Turner.
1:41.5	I don't know that I've ever heard Rinsed used in that way.
1:44.5	But if you follow the man on Instagram, he's always posting some stuff with some very
1:48.9	clever little aphorisms that are largely of his own making.
1:52.4	Which I obviously totally vibe with that.
1:56.1	Here's the...
1:56.8	Oh, yeah, peas in a pod, bro.
1:58.2	Peas in a pod, no.
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