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  Togo Heihachiro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Togo was born on December 22, 1847 (by the Western calendar) in the Kachiyacho district of city of Kagoshima in Satsuma Province (modern-day Kagoshima prefecture).
Togo made use of the opportunity to apply his training, supervising the construction of the Fuso at the Samuda Brothers shipyard on the Isle of Dogs.
During the Russo-Japanese War Togo defeated the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in 1904 and destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet in 1905 at the Battle of Tsushima.
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 Togo Heihachiro
Heihachiro Togo (東郷 平八郎, 1846 - 1934) [hA'hächirO' tO'gO] was a Japanese admiral and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.
Togo studied naval science in England from 1871 to 1878, gained international recognition for his service in the First Sino-Japanese War, and contributed greatly to the development of Japanese sea power.
In 1940, shortly after his death, Togo Shrine[?] was built in Harajuku, Tokyo in dedication to Togo Heihachiro.
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Togo was born on December 22, 1847 (by the Western calendar) in the Kachiyacho district of city of Kagoshima in Satsuma Province (modern-day
Togo's first combat experience was at the age of 17 during the
In January 1868 during the Boshin war, Togo was affected to a paddle-wheel steam warship,
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 Biography of Heihachiro Togo | Life of Heihachiro Togo
Heihachiro Togo (1848-1934) was Japan's greatest admiral, the mentor of Emperor Hirohito, and one of the architects of Japan's emergence as a military power in the twentieth century.
Togo was the fourth son of a highly esteemed nobleman, a samurai.
Togo was survived by two sons, a daughter, and four grandchildren.
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 Togo Heihachiro - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
He then went to the Naval Preparatory School in Portsmouth, and to the Royal Naval College at Greenwich.
Togo finally came back to Japan on 22 May 1878 onboard the newly purchased British-built ship Hiei.
Togo Heihachiro, Early life, Tokugawa conflicts (1863-1869), Studies in Britain (1871-1878), Franco-Chinese war (1884-1885), Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895), Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Later life, See also, References, 1848 births, 1934 deaths, Imperial Japanese Navy admirals, Japanese military leaders and Members of the Order of Merit.
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 Koshaku Togo Heihachiro --  Encyclopædia Britannica
A republic of West Africa, Togo is situated on the Bight of Benin.
Before attaining independence in 1960, the land that is now Togo was known as French Togoland, a territory that was administered by France from 1922 to 1946 under a League of Nations mandate and from 1946 to 1960 under a United Nations trusteeship.
Togo was originally part of the Togo protectorate that Germany acquired in 1884.
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 The History of the Russian Navy. The Russo-Japanese War.
On the morning of 27 January 1904, under the command of Vice-Admiral Togo Heihachiro, the main body of the Japanese Combined Squadrons appeared off Port Arthur.
Togo Heihachiro patiently avoided a battle close to the fortress.
Admiral Togo established a close sea blockade of Port Arthur and landed the Japanese army on the Kwantung Peninsula.
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 AllRefer.com - Heihachiro Togo (Japanese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Heihachiro Togo[hA´hAchirO´ tO´gO] Pronunciation Key, 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, and contributed greatly to the development of Japanese sea power.
See E. Falk, Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power (1936); G. Blond, Admiral Togo (tr.
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 Togo Heihachiro
Togō Heihachirō 東郷 平八郎 (1846 - 1934) [hA'hächirO' tO'gO] was a Japanese admiral and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.
Born in Satsuma province (modern-day Kagoshima prefecture) to the samurai family of Shimazu, Togo studied naval science in England from 1871 to 1878.
After the war his career was not so prominent, but the naval minister Yamamoto Gonnohyoe appointed him chief admiral of the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Heihaciro Togo was born on January 27, 1848 in Kajima-Machi, a Japanese village on the island of Kyushu in Satsuma Province (later Kogoshima Prefecture).
His mother, Masuko, was a noblewoman who belonged to the same clan as her husband.
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 Togo
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Togoland - Togoland or Togo, historic region (c.33,500 sq mi/86,800 sq km), W Africa, bordering on the Gulf of...
Togo: Bibliography - Bibliography See H. Debrunner, A Church between Colonial Powers: A Study of the Church in Togo...
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 Heihachiro Togo - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Admiral Togo with the Japanese fleet met the Russians in the battle of Tsushima Straits and annihilated the Russian fleet.
Togo Heihachiro was one of the two greatest sailors in Japanese History.
Understand that, ten years before his birth, Japan was literally a medieval country and by the time Togo led his fleet against the Russians, Japan had become a modern military power.
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 Togo, Heihachiro on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
TOGO, HEIHACHIRO [Togo, Heihachiro], 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, and contributed greatly to the development of Japanese sea power.
A naval flag from the Battle of Tsushima has been returned to Japan after it was traced by a priest in Tokyo.(News)(Brief Article)
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 Togo
Togo, twice the size of Maryland, is on the south coast of West Africa bordering on Ghana to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Benin to the east.
Togo's first democratically elected president, Sylvano Olympius, was overthrown in 1963.
Togo: Togo Tourism: 'A Country of Rich Cultural Traditions'
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Togo, Heihachiro, 1846-1934, Japanese admiral, Japan's greatest naval hero.
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 Find in a Library: Three military leaders : Heihachiro Togo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Yamashita
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Treasure off Tsushima -- Oct. 20, 1980   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Old tale about the czar's gold may be true
Almost 75 years have passed since Admiral Heihachiro Togo, in the climactic encounter of the Russo-Japanese war, sank 20 of the 38 czarist warships that participated in the battle of the Sea of Japan.
They surfaced with a dull silver, footlong, 22-lb.
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 ADMIRAL COUNT HEIHACHIRO TOGO - SIGNATURE(S)
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Togo served in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and commanded the Japanese fleet in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).
He directed a successful naval blockade of the Russian base at Port Arthur (February 1904 to January 1905) and won the Battle of Tsushima by annihilating the Russian fleet, May 27-28, 1905.
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