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The Russo-Corean war, Corean: Leosia jeonjaeng, Dutch: De Orientale oorlog, Chinese: Tǒngyī zhànzhēng (war of unification), was a military conflict fought between 1932–1935. It was primarily waged between the Republic of Canton, Corea, Russia, and up until 1934 the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The war takes place in the aftermath of the Russian civil war that has weakened Russia, seeing that and wanting to expand its influence in the region, Corea on the 8th of February 1932 invades the Qing remnant. While initially, Corea hoped that Russia was weakened enough that it would not honor its old treaty, to its surprise it did and Russia declared war on Corea, being joined by Japan. In turn, Corea calls upon the Netherlands with who it has an alliance. Thus through a patchwork of alliances that would later see Canton join in, the so-called Russo-Corean war starts. It was a war marked by its high numbers of casualties, use of new technologies & the application of new doctrines, and their impact on modern warfare. Many historians nowadays call this conflict the first “modern” war.