Battle of Kōan

Wann

1281

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

33.63° N, 130.33° E

Description

also known as the Second Battle of Hakata Bay, during the second Mongol invasion of Japan

1281 failed attempt by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China to invade Japan

The Battle of Kōan, also known as the Second Battle of Hakata Bay, was the second attempt by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China to invade Japan after their failed attempt seven years earlier at the Battle of Bun'ei. In the summer of 1281, the Yuan invaded with two large armies. The Japanese defenders were aided by a major storm which sank a sizeable portion of the Yuan fleets.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Battle of Kōan (or Second Battle of Hakata Bay): A second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled, as a large typhoon, famously called a kamikaze, or 'divine wind'“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Schlacht von Kōan (Hakata Bay): Die zweite mongolische Invasion Japans wird vereitelt, da ein großer Taifun“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „元の艦隊が1274年10月に続き日本を攻撃するが、大型の台風により壊滅する。“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite