Togo, Heihachiro (hā`hächĭrō` tō`gō), 1846–1934, Japanese admiral, Japan's greatest naval hero. He studied naval science in England (1871–78), gained international recognition for his service in the First Sino-Japanese War Sino-Japanese War, First, 1894–95, conflict between China and Japan for control of Korea in the late 19th cent. The Li-lto Convention of 1885 provided for mutual troop withdrawals and advance notification of any new troop movements into Korea.
..... Click the link for more information. , and contributed greatly to the development of Japanese sea power. In the Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5, imperialistic conflict that grew out of the rival designs of Russia and Japan on Manchuria and Korea . Russian failure to withdraw from Manchuria and Russian penetration into N Korea were countered by Japanese attempts to negotiate a
..... Click the link for more information. he defeated the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in 1904 and destroyed the Russian Baltic fleet in 1905 at the battle of Tsushima Tsushima (ts
`shēmä), two Japanese islands in Korea Strait.
..... Click the link for more information. . This historic battle broke Russian strength in East Asia. Later he was chief of the naval general staff and a member of the supreme war council.
..... Click the link for more information. , and contributed greatly to the development of Japanese sea power. In the Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5, imperialistic conflict that grew out of the rival designs of Russia and Japan on Manchuria and Korea . Russian failure to withdraw from Manchuria and Russian penetration into N Korea were countered by Japanese attempts to negotiate a
..... Click the link for more information. he defeated the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in 1904 and destroyed the Russian Baltic fleet in 1905 at the battle of Tsushima Tsushima (ts
`shēmä), two Japanese islands in Korea Strait...... Click the link for more information. . This historic battle broke Russian strength in East Asia. Later he was chief of the naval general staff and a member of the supreme war council.
Bibliography
See E. A. Falk, Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power (1936); G. Blond, Admiral Togo (tr. 1960).
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