19세기 말 청일전쟁 시 양국의 군사전략 비교연구

Abstract

The First Sino-Japanese War was a of aggression between the Qing Dynasty and Japan on the Korean Peninsula to dominate Joseon politically and military in east Asia. A Tendencies of research on this war are different from country to country. In China, as a party to this war, emphasizes Japanese aggressive, on the other hand, Japanese researchers highlights to a legitimacy of this war. And in Korea, there are more research materials related to the Donghak Peasant Revolution than the First Sino-Japanese war itself. Therefore, in this paper focused on the First Sino-Japanese War from the perspective of military strategy, which had been overlooked in previous studies, as the main research topic. In addition, this study analized and reviewed the adaptability, feasibility and accaptability as requirements for military strategy. Japan prepared for war meticulously and established obvious national defesne objectives and military strategic objectives. In addition, war support was obtained by the Japanese people based on the concept of all-out war, politics and military were integrated, and combat power as an available means was offensively operated. As a result, Japan was able to achieve political and military purposes by securing and winning the war early. The Qing Dynasty did not have a clear military strategic objectives. In addition, the Qing army, without gaining public support, went to war as a defensive strategy only with the troops of the Viceroy of Zhili Li Hongzhang, who was delegated full power, lost their initiative of war early and was defeated without ever fighting properly.