Battle of Port Arthur
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The Battle of Port Arthur of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the neutral Russian flee
Japanese print displaying the destruction of one Russian ship
Illustration of the destruction of Russian destroyers by Japanese destroyers
A Japanese torpedo boat approaches a Russian torpedo boat. A Japanese sailor attacks with a saber the commander of the enemy ship and then throws him to the sea in a furious impetus (Angelo Agostini, O Malho, 1904).
The Japanese destroyer Sasanami on 10 March 1904, with the Russian Stereguchtschi in tow, shortly before the latter sank
Tōgō Heihachirō
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Tōgō Heihachirō was a Japanese naval officer who served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the
Battle of Port Arthur
…War began with pre-emptive strikes by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) against the Russian Pacific Fleet based at Port Arthur and at Chemulpo. Admiral Tōgō's initial plan was to swoop down upon Port Arthur with the 1st Division of the Combined Fleet, consisting of the six pre-dreadnought battleships Hatsuse…
Tōgō Heihachirō
Monument recording site of birthplace in Kagoshima
Officers of the Japanese warship Kasuga in August 1869. Third-class officer Tōgō is dressed in white, top right.
Tōgō during his studies in Europe, in 1877