Ah the Russo Japanese War… the Russians were losing badly and the Tsar had the greatest idea ever!

Send the bulk of the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific to aid what’s left of the Russian Pacific Fleet, break through the Japanese defenses and resume the war. They assembled the fleet and the sailors were literally peasants who never saw the sea in their entire lives, morale was low and the Anarchists were a constant problem on the ships, on their way they almost went to war with the UK because they shot up a number of British fishing boats. The new squadron was utterly massacred by the Japanese in what is known as the Battle of Tsushima after traveling around the world FOR MONTHS. The Tsar is the main responsible here, he personally ordered the fleet to assemble and sail for Vladivostok, he did it out of literally personal pride, he couldn’t just “lose against the Japanese”…

He deserved every shot he took in 1918.