The Combined Fleet overwhelmed and annihilated the Baltic Fleet which was said to be the strongest in Europe through the superior tactics of the commander Heihachiro TOGO, the outstanding strategy of his two staff officers (Saneyuki AKIYAMA and Tetsutaro SATO), the pursuit of the enemy by the Second Fleet (a cruiser fleet) under the command of General Hikonojo KAMIMURA, torpedo operations with destroyers led by Kantaro SUZUKI, and the use of Shimose gunpowder (What was then the world's most powerful gunpowder), Ijuin fuse, cutting-edge radio sets, the invention and application of volley tactics, and the deployment of the world's fastest fleet in battle among several other factors.
連合艦隊は、東郷平八郎司令長官の優れた戦術、二人の参謀（秋山真之、佐藤鉄太郎）による見事な作戦、上村彦之丞将軍率いる第二艦隊（巡洋艦を中心とした艦隊）による追撃、鈴木貫太郎の駆逐隊による魚雷攻撃作戦、下瀬火薬（世界最強火薬）、伊集院信管、新型無線機、世界初の斉射戦術、世界最高水準の高速艦隊運動などによって、欧州最強と言われたバルチック艦隊を圧倒、これを殲滅した。