Video: 'Port Arthur The Fall of Western Supremcy and the Rise of the Japenese Empire 2'

(Tuesday, February 9, 1904, 12:28 a.m. local time) — The Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began today as the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo Heihachiro launched a surprise torpedo boat destroyer attack on the Russian ships at Port Arthur.