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  2. Mongol invasions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Route army set sail first from Korea on 22 May and attacked Tsushima on 9 June and Iki Island on 14 June. According to the History of Yuan, the Japanese commander Shōni Suketoki and Ryūzōji Suetoki led forces against the invasion force. The expeditionary forces discharged their firearms, and the Japanese were routed, with ...

  3. Battle of Bun'ei - Wikipedia

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    The Yuan also employed an early form of rocket artillery, and their infantry used phalanx-like tactics, holding off the samurai with their shields and spears. Though unable to conclusively defeat the Yuan forces, the Japanese fought hard and inflicted heavy casualties. In the course of the day's fighting, the Hakozaki Shrine was burned to the ...

  4. Battle of Kōan - Wikipedia

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    It is said to have consisted of 100,000 men on 3,500 ships. As before, Iki and Tsushima islands fell quickly to the much larger Yuan forces. The Eastern Route Army arrived at Hakata Bay on June 23, and decided to proceed with the invasion without waiting for the larger Southern force which had still not left China.

  5. Kikuchi Takefusa - Wikipedia

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    The Mongols had defeated or annihilated the defenders on the small islands of Tsushima, Iki, Hirato, Taka and Nokono during their island hopping towards the Japanese mainland. Akasaka was the first battle with a real army. [6] The yuan force had landed on Momochi field, Sawara District and divided into two groups one of which encamped at ...

  6. Military of Goryeo - Wikipedia

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    The Yuan invasion force was composed of 15,000 Mongol, Han Chinese, and Jurchen soldiers, 6,000 to 8,000 Korean troops, and 7,000 Korean sailors. While the defending Japanese forces comprise 4,000 to 6,000 Japanese. [77] [78] They engaged the Japanese in conquering Tsushima, Iki Islands, and made landfall at Hakata Bay beginning the Battle of ...

  7. Military of the Yuan dynasty - Wikipedia

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    After the Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 900 ships, and in 1281, 4400 ships), Mongol invasion of Champa (1282), Mongol invasion of Java (1292, 1000 ships), in 1291 the Yuan attempted but did not ultimately proceed with an invasion of the Ryukyu Islands. However, none of these invasions were successful.

  8. Iki Province - Wikipedia

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    Iki Province (壱岐国, Iki no kuni) was a province of Japan which consisted of the Iki Islands, now a part of modern Nagasaki Prefecture. [1] Its abbreviated name was Isshū ( 壱州 ) . Iki is classified as one of the provinces of the Saikaidō .

  9. Imjin War - Wikipedia

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    The first invasion consisted of nine divisions totaling 158,800 men, of which the last two of 21,500 were stationed as reserves on Tsushima Island and Iki Island, respectively. [127] The Japanese used a total of 320,000 troops throughout the entire war.