The first battle between Germany and Britain in World War One took place not on the muddy fields of France but in the scrub land of Togo. Keen to compete with its European rivals, Germany acquired ...
Its clientele included Adm. Heihachiro Togo, who made his name in the Japanese-Russo War of 1904–1905 and served as the first commander of the base, as well as other high-ranking Navy brass.