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 positioning forces behind the Chinese naval base at Weihaiwei.

Through a well-coordinated offensive of both naval and land forces, the Japanese destroyed the forts and sank much of the Chinese fleet. 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.

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