Mongol conquestsWars and battles
Second Mongol invasion of Japan
Two Yuan armies — one from Korea and one from southern China — tried in vain for several weeks to gain a foothold on Kyushu, and in mid-August 1281 a typhoon, which the Japanese called kamikaze (“divine wind”), destroyed most of the fleet.
- Date
- June–August 1281month known · duration: ≈ 2 months
- Place
- Hakata Baytoday: Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan · East Asia
- Participants
- Yuan dynasty, Goryeo, Kamakura shogunate
- Threads
- Mongol conquests
- Also known as
- Битва при Коан; Камикадзе; Battle of Kōan
After the first invasion the Japanese had built a stone wall along Hakata Bay, and the invaders failed to land on the main shore. The Eastern Route army landed on Tsushima in June, and the Southern Route army arrived later; fighting took place on the islands of Shika, Noko and Iki. The loss of the fleet put an end to Kublai’s attempts to conquer Japan.
Connections
Related events
- First Mongol invasion of JapanNovember 1274 · East Asia
Same participants
- Battle of Yamen19 March 1279 · East Asiavia Yuan dynasty
- Travels of Marco Polo1271–1295 · East Asiavia Yuan dynasty
Adjacent events in the thread
- Mongol invasion of Javabetween December 1292 and January 1293 – August 1293 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
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Middle East and Egypt
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- Battle of Ain Jalut3 September 1260
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Africa
South Asia
- Alauddin Khalji becomes Sultan of Delhi21 October 1296
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Mongol invasion of Javabetween December 1292 and January 1293 – August 1293
- Founding of Majapahit10 November 1293
- Eruption of Samalasbetween May and October 1257
North America
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Battle of Kōan
- Wikipedia (English): Mongol invasions of Japan
- Wikipedia (Russian): Второе монгольское вторжение в Японию
- Conlan T. D. In Little Need of Divine Intervention: Takezaki Suenaga’s Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan. — Ithaca: Cornell University East Asia Program, 2001.
- Wikidata: Q2237622