The Combined Fleet was the main sea-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Until 1933, the Combined Fleet was not a permanent organization, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units normally under separate commands in peacetime.
Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during the early stage of the Pacific War.
Image: Itoh Sukeyuki
Image: Togo Heihachiro in uniform
Marshal-Admiral Count Itō Sukeyuki was a Japanese career officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji-period Japan.
Itō Sukeyuki
Ukiyo-e print by Toshihide Migita depicting Admiral Itō accepting the surrender of Chinese forces after the Battle of Weihaiwei, dated November 1895