The Japanese Admiral at Tushima was Togo. Serving aboard his flagship Mikasa was a future admiral of note: Isoroku Yamamoto who went on to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor and launch Japan into a war which he felt was unwinable.
BTW, Togo believed that the spirit of Nelson flowed in his veins and like Nelson, who issued the order, "England expects every man to do his duty" at Trafalgar, issued a similar order to the Japanese Navy. Our own Chester Nimitz held Togo is equal esteem and during the war directed that no air strikes be conducted against Togo's flagship, the Mikasa, which had been enshrined as a national memorial. After the war, Nimitz used a lot of his personal money to preserve the Mikasa (embedded in concrete). Any visitor to the Mikasa today will see a small shrine in honor of Nimitz in recognition of his work. The interesting thing about Nimitz is that he felt that the blood of Togo flowed in his veins - much like Togo felt about Nelson.
Oh, here's another lopsided victory. The 55 day seige of the Foreign Legation in Peking during the Boxer rebellion. A combined force of American, British, German, Italian, Russian, French, Japanese and their Christian converted Chinese fought off Boxers who sought to eject all foreigners from China.
BTW, Togo believed that the spirit of Nelson flowed in his veins and like Nelson, who issued the order, "England expects every man to do his duty" at Trafalgar, issued a similar order to the Japanese Navy. Our own Chester Nimitz held Togo is equal esteem and during the war directed that no air strikes be conducted against Togo's flagship, the Mikasa, which had been enshrined as a national memorial. After the war, Nimitz used a lot of his personal money to preserve the Mikasa (embedded in concrete). Any visitor to the Mikasa today will see a small shrine in honor of Nimitz in recognition of his work. The interesting thing about Nimitz is that he felt that the blood of Togo flowed in his veins - much like Togo felt about Nelson.
Oh, here's another lopsided victory. The 55 day seige of the Foreign Legation in Peking during the Boxer rebellion. A combined force of American, British, German, Italian, Russian, French, Japanese and their Christian converted Chinese fought off Boxers who sought to eject all foreigners from China.
