For this campaign Soviet troops used parachute formations on a large scale to occupy the ports of Dairen and Port Arthur to pre-empt an anticipated American landing. |
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But after years of war, the Japanese army eventually prevailed in 1905 and the city was renamed Dairen. |
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In October 1924, I was invited by the Japanese to go to the port of Dairen and Port Arthur for a lecture. |
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The planned course was to enter over Tsingtao, turn right, and pass Dairen toward the northeast provinces. |
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Across the Yellow Sea, Russia quickly secured a similar lease of Port Arthur and Dairen. |
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