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was an Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy. After the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 Takahashi, an important figure of the IJN's Fleet Faction,〔Asada uses "command faction" for Fleet Faction and "administrative faction" for Treaty Faction.〕 made a swift career, from commander of an obsolete cruiser in 1923 to commander of the Combined Fleet in 1934. He was instrumental in crushing the opposing moderate Treaty Faction but soon lost his command in another round of political turmoil. ==Career after World War One== In the 1920s, the Japanese Navy brass was split into an "administrative" Treaty Faction that accepted limitations imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty and a "command" Fleet Faction that opposed them. Takahashi Sankichi, promoted by his superior Kato Kanji, was on the Fleet side headed by Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, Kato Kanji and Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.〔 He held brief assignments on the high seas, commanding the cruiser (1923–1924) and battleship (1924–1925).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=IJN FUSO: Tabular Record of Movement )〕 and headed the Operations section of Naval General Staff under vice chief Kato Kanji who actually ran the organization, overwhelming its mild-mannered chief Yamashita Gentarō.〔Asada 2006, p. 102〕 Takahashi became chief of staff of the Combined Fleet in 1927, when Kato Kanji assumed command and subjected the fleet to the most rigorous and risky drills, attempting to compensate numeric constraints of the Washington Treaty with superior training.〔Asada 2006, pp. 109-110〕 Ten years later, as the Commander of Combined Fleet, Takahashi upheld the same mentality: "If we are compelled to use the short sword to combat a foe brandishing the long sword, I am sure we shall win! We have tactics to defeat the combined fleets of Great Britain and the U.S."; "Implant in the mind of every man and every officer that Japan will be the inevitable victor in any international conflict."〔Rose, p. 65〕 He continued to rally against Washington Treaty limitations during the Geneva Naval Conference of 1927, supporting the faction of Mineo Ōsumi and Tōgō Heihachirō.〔Asada 2006, p. 121〕 The moderates tried to restore their influence in the late 1920s but were finally crushed by the Fleet Faction in 1932-1933.〔Asada 2006, p. 122〕 In 1928, Takahashi was appointed the first commander of the newly formed First Carrier Division, IJN's first air supremacy formation.〔Goldstein, Dillon p. 76〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sankichi Takahashi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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