Battle of Weihaiwei

Battle of Weihaiwei
Part of the First Sino-Japanese War
Battle of Weihaiwei, Utagawa Kokunimasa
Date January 20 – February 12, 1895 Location Weihai, Shandong, China Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Qing China
Commanders and leaders
Ōyama Iwao Itō Sukeyuki Ōdera Yasuzumi †	Li Hongzhang  Ding Ruchang † Liu Buchan †
Strength
25,000 3 protected cruisers	10,600 2 battleships 1 coastal battleship 1 protected cruiser 13 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
Unknown	4,000 killed 1 battleship captured 1 battleship scuttled 1 coastal battleship captured 1 protected cruiser scuttled 6 torpedo boats destroyed 7 torpedo boats captured

The Battle of Weihaiwei (Japanese: Ikaiei-no-tatakai (威海衛の戦い) took place between 20 January and 12 February 1895, during the First Sino-Japanese War in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, between the forces of Japan and Qing China. In early January 1895, the Japanese landed forces in eastern Shandong^[1] positioning forces behind the Chinese naval base at Weihaiwei.^[2]

Through a well-coordinated offensive of both naval and land forces, the Japanese destroyed the forts and sank much of the Chinese fleet.^[3] With the Shandong and Liaoning peninsulas under Japanese control, the option for a pincer attack against the Chinese capital, Beijing, was now a possibility. This strategic threat forced the Chinese to sue for peace and led to the war's end in April 1895.^[2]