The Battle of Sushima

On may fifteenth, they tried to sail through the straits of sushima. The essential japanese strategy was to concentrate all their fire on one russian battleship at a time. By the time the last small contingent of russians surrendered almost the entire squadron had been sunk or scuttled. Only three russia ships managed to complete the voyage to vladivosta. Through back channels, the czar accepted an offer from us President theodore roosevelt to broker a treaty.