First Sino-Japanese War

First Sino-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War, major battles and troop movements
Date 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895 Location Korea, Manchuria, Taiwan, Yellow Sea Result Japanese victory; a significant loss of prestige for the Qing Dynasty. Korea becomes independent from China. Territorial changes China loses the influence of the Korean Peninsula to the Empire of Japan. Qing Dynasty China cedes Taiwan, Penghu, and the Liaodong Peninsula to the Empire of Japan.
Belligerents
Qing Empire	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Guangxu Emperor Li Hongzhang Ding Ruchang † Deng Shichang †	Emperor Meiji Yamagata Aritomo Itō Sukeyuki
Strength
630,000 men Beiyang Army Beiyang Navy	240,000 men Imperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese Navy
Casualties and losses
35,000 dead or wounded	1,132 dead, 3,973 wounded 11,894 died of disease

The First Sino-Japanese War (Chinese: 中日甲午戰爭, Japanese: 日清戦争; 1 August 1894–17 April 1895) was a war between the Qing dynasty and the Empire of Japan. Japan won the war and signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki with China in 1895.