Tōgō Heihachirō
Japanese admiral of the fleet (1848–1934)
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- 1848
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- 1934
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Tōgō Heihachirō (東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), 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 Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive victory over a relieving fleet at Tsushima in May 1905. Western journalists called Tōgō "the Nelson of the East". He remains deeply revered as a national hero in Japan, with shrines and streets named in his honour.
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1848 births1934 deathsDeified Japanese menGraduates of the Royal Naval College, GreenwichGrand Crosses of Naval MeritGrand Crosses of the Order of Polonia RestitutaHonorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian OrderHonorary members of the Order of MeritImperial Japanese Navy marshal admiralsJapanese expatriates in the United KingdomJapanese military personnel of the First Sino-Japanese War