What books on Russo-Japanese war

[zoranno]

Hi all

My knowledge of the Russo-Japanese war is quite limited and I would like to learn more about this period.
So I was wondering if anyone can suggest what books to read?

I was considering The Russo-Japanese naval war 1905 Vol 1 & 2
by Piotr Olender.

Regards, Zoranno

[Bluebear]

Zoranno,

Rather than to point you to any particular books (I've read none to recomment), I would suggest that you explore the following websites:

www.cityofart.net/bship/russo_jap_war.html

www.battleships.ru/wars/rjw04-05-malkov/rjw-navigation.html

The first has numerous articles on the different battles as well as some nice background material. The second has information on all of the warships that took part in the war.


-- Jeff

[zoranno]

Thanks for the links Bluebear, that's exactly what I'm after

Regards, Zoranno

[Bluebear]

Then I saved you a bunch of money that you can spend on ship models instead.


-- Jeff

[greguk]

Sorry to give this thread life again, but the battleships.ru website is gorgeous!

I have just ordered $55 worth of Russians from PS and i am loving the 3d drawings on that site. Rather than start a new thread on colours, i'll ask here.. the Russians seem to be a whitish/light grey hull (thinking white with P3 armour wash), decks a light wood (tan?). Turrest etc back to grey/steel. Then to finish pale yellow funnels with black tops? Am i far away?

I will start a new thread elsewhere if required to do so, but it is kinda relevant to that website suggested by Jeff

[Bluebear]

Greg,

I've got two links for you. First take a look at the WTJ website. In the right hand (larger) column under "Information Links" they have "Predreadnought Paint Guide" . . . click on it:

www.wtj.com/store/

However, if you wish to me very correct, not all ships were painted the same colors. Certainly the Baltic Fleet was painted differently than those of the Pacific Squadrons . . . and even there not all ships were painted in the same manner.

I believe that the author of "Col. Campbell's Shipyard" did a fair amount of research on both RJW fleets and has nicely painted images of all of them on his blog. You will need to go back a ways to get into his RJW painting, which starts in early October, 2010:

colcampbell-shipyard.blogspot.com/

I hope that these help.


-- Jeff

[aman]

Bluebeard: great links, thanks!
"I have just ordered $55 worth of Russians from PS" who is PS?

[Bluebear]

He almost certainly meant Panzershciffe, whose 1/2400 resin ship models are quite a good value:

www.panzerschiffe.com/Catalog.html


-- Jeff

[greguk]

Yes i did mean Panzerscliffe, and i love them! Got them in about a week to the UK, so nice speedy delivery.

Thanks for the links Jeff. Finding painting guides for this period is way harder than i thought it would be!!!!

[admiralskipashita]

Hi,

I don't know if you are still looking for books on the Russo-Japanese War but I like THE TIDE AT SUNRISE. It give a very detailed account of the war, it's causes and both the land and sea campaigns. I have read it at least three times. You can find copies on ebay.

The Polish Series on the war is pretty good, (Russo-Japanese War Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Maritime series) it's fill with lots excellent photographs and some very interesting stats.

But a better buy is the Osprey book in their DUEL series, Japanese Battleship vs. Russian Battleship.

Amazon has several other titles that I am not familiar with but look very promising and come highly recommended.

I hope this helps.