![]() ![]() ![]() Blue show Korean positions (Turnbull, 2002) A contemporary illustration of Toyotomi Hideyoshi – the village samurai who conquered Japan and Korea (Turnbull, 2002) (Turnbull, 2002) A contemporary illustration of a Samurai warrior (Turnbull, 2002) ![]() Japanese forces advance into Korea (Turnbull, 2002) The Battle of Ch’ungju – red lines show Japanese advances. It’s all here and it’s all free on Battlecast, the world’s foremost podcast on wart and its sociopolitical impact. Countless property, countless lives, countless cultural artifacts – they were all lost in this one near decade-long struggle. Between the death-dance fought between Hideyoshi and Sun-sin many millions would lose everything. The Korean people may have ceased to exist as an unique people if it weren’t for one man: Admiral Yi Sun-sin, one of the greatest military leaders in human history. ![]() Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, were killed or enslaved by the samurai invaders. The Imjin War, also known as the Japanese invasions of Korea, were a series of conflicts which took place in Korea after the unification of Japan by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ![]()
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