Admiral Togo and the Imperial Navy at War: Two Accounts of the Rise of Japanese Sea Power and its Finest Commander---Admiral Togo & The Naval Battles of the Russo-Japanese War

The story of Japan's premier naval commander and his greatest victory

Togo Heihachiro was a gensui (admiral) of the fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early years of the 20th century. He is regarded as one of the most outstanding naval figures Japan has produced, earning him the title 'the Nelson of the East' from the Western press. This special Leonaur edition covers the career of Togo from his birth in 1848 to his first experience of naval conflict at the bombardment of Kagoshima, ...