Ito Sukeyuki led the Imperial Japanese Naval General Staff from May 1895 to December 1905. Yamamoto Gonnohyoe served as navy minister from November 1898 to January 1906, helping secure investment in the Six-Six Fleet after the Sino-Japanese War. Their overlapping tenures gave the program sustained leadership through preparation and war. The senior team understood the force it intended to build and the operations that force needed to perform. Togo had already prepared some of the bases and infrastructure required for his campaign.
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The leaders who sustained Japan's Six-Six Fleet plan
Long tenures in the naval staff and ministry connected Japan's fleet program with sustained funding and prepared operational support.