Having lost my two sons and so many officers and men while gaining victory, I am deeply ashamed before His Majesty.
山川草木転荒涼、十里風腥新戦場。征馬不前人不語、金州城外立斜陽。
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The Japanese general whose siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War became synonymous with both the terrible cost of modern warfare and the samurai ideal of duty unto death
The Japanese general whose siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War became synonymous with both the terrible cost of modern warfare and the samurai ideal of duty unto death (1849-1912). Nogi Maresuke's willingness to sacrifice his own sons alongside his soldiers, and his ritual suicide upon the Meiji Emperor's death, made him Japan's most controversial military hero.
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