What the records say
- When
- 28 Jan 1868
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.94° N, 134.25° E
- Description
- 1861 battle of the Boshin War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Awa
1868 naval battle of the Boshin War
The Battle of Awa occurred on 28 January 1868 during the Boshin War in Japan, in the area of Awa Bay near Osaka. Involving ships of the Tokugawa shogunate and Satsuma vessels loyal to the imperial court in Kyoto, the battle was the second naval battle in Japanese history between modern naval forces.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale shogunale à la bataille d’Awa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “戊辰戦争：阿波沖海戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page