The Tokugawa clan in the map at 1:29 is in the wrong position, after the unification of Japan under Hideyoshi, Tokugawa moved into Edo in the Kanto region by Hideyoshi's order. Also wondering why you put Hideyoshi in the Tokaido region, since his capital stronghold was at Osaka.
Imagine that Yi has enough of that shit and joined Japan. It's good thing for Korea that he's loyal to his country no matter how many shit he has to endured.
It's crazy how Yi stayed loyal to the country he was betrayed by over and over again. Almost anyone else in his situation would have defected, but he didn't. He stayed loyal, kept fighting and ended up winning an almost unwinnable war for Korea. He's truly a legend.
@@Snowcrab27 Why would he defect to Japan? Japanese ravaged his motherland and killed his third son during the war. Yi had nothing but hatred towards Japanese.
The Imjin War is a legendary story. Almost a perfect allegory for what destruction incompetence can bring, an epic story of how abandoned civilians sacrifice themselves to save the very country that discarded them, and of course a story of endurance, and loyalty. It's a shame not many people know it.
Even though S.Korea's nation power is growing, it's a physically small country. Also it has not been a long time since S.Korea was a country that could actually be called one.
I think it’s because the Imjin war was overshadowed by the second Japanese invasion of Korea which is more recent and much more devastating for the Korean Peninsula
Thats part of the story. But mostly it was just Yi Sun-Sin preventing the Japanese Navy from reaching the Yellow Sea, which made it impossible to resupply the Japanese troops up north. This made the entire invasion impossible. The Japanese had nothing to fear from Korean land forces. Even after the Chinese entered the war, the Japanese still won most of the land battles. It was just the Japanese inability to maintain supply lines that really undermined them.
The Sengoku Jidai continued after the Imjin war. In fact the battle of Sekigahara can be seen as a direct result of the failure of the Imjin war as many samurai who fought in Korea would return home disgruntled against the Toyotomi regime. The Sengoku Jidai is actually considered to have ended in 1615 after the summer siege of Osaka.
Imjin war? It was not concern with Sekigahara at all. Korean is not concern with Japan at all. Sekigahawa war was just like a war between minister and minister.
Imjin was Hideyoshi idea, because Hideyoshi they lost resources, lives, and honor. So its not wrong to say because the faliure of imjin war that sekkigahara take place
@@abiekanzy7619 The reason of withdrawing from Korea why Hideyoshi died in 1598. Not by failure. Hideyoshi had purpose to occupy Ming-china, because Spain had a plan to let Japan defeat Ming-china and at last Spain wish to control Japan. But Hideyoshi was cleverer than Spain. He knew Spain's plan. Before Spain occupied Ming-china hideyoshi moved. And sent mission for what Korea make a way to Min-china with much money and return profit. But Korea could not understand what Hideyoshi wished. For only make away and rout Korea could not answer for her master Ming-china. So Hideyoshi was angry, and sent huge horde of troops to Korea in1592. But finally the battle ended suddenly for Hideyoshi died in 1598. After the war on the peninsula, Toyotomi government separated with two powers between Ishida,Mitsunari and Tokugawa, Ieyassu. Two men were ministers of Toyotomi government. In 1600, Sekigahara battle occurred. Korean peninsula and Sekigahara were absolutely not concern with each other. Japan and Korea were irrelevant, and as it is even now.
Kaisermuto Because hideyoshi's strength of will and character that kept it going DESPITE the growing cost and corpse. Even if hideyoshi survived, the best he can do is withdraw and start planning again. But that current campaign is pretty much lost since they lost control of the sea.
And because of the Imjin War, Joseon and Ming were weakened, and the Manchus were able to unify tribes during that time, and later China was conquered by the Qing Dynasty. I can say Japan is the villain or trouble maker of east asian history.
Nicely done -- one criticism -- please, please, please, don't use Japanese images for Korean fortresses! They look very different and your depiction of Chungju looking like the Osaka castle was out of place. Now, looking forward to the next one or two or ten -- looking for Yi Sunshin to enter the fray -- he was truly a remarkable general, who overcame all sorts of obstacles, including traitors at his back. His receiving of the broken navy after being betrayed, and his disobedience of the order to give up the navy and fight on the land because he had only 13 ships -- his response, "I have 13 ships." Those 13 were better than the whole Japanese fleet, not just as warships but in the way Adm. Yi entrapped the Japanese in waters they were not familiar with. Looking forward to see how you handle it.
Hell yeah! The Imjin War is one of the most fascinating and pivotal pre-modern conflicts. I’m glad you guys are covering this portion of history so often ignored by people outside of East Asia.
@Eric Kim I disagree. This is the war that caused Toyotomi Hideyoshi to destroy himself and it also depleted Ming treasuries at a time when the Ming were already struggling to stay afloat amid internal decline and constant threats from different external enemies. The impact on Korea from the war, while arguably insignificant politically, had a devastating effect on their material history. On top of this, the war could be argued as a foundation point for the brutal Japanese Nationalism that devastated East Asia in first half of the 20th century.
@Sim Le True! And because of the depleted Ming treasuries, Ming financial going downhill. So sad. How I hope Ming never get involve in the Imjin War, such War can be disastrous as we seen during earlier Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty
@@alvintheng8501 you do know that toyotomi was trying to invade ming right? so even if ming did not get involve to this war they had to face japan anyways.
@@Jan-ee8ri Yes, Despite toyotomi forces to not be a huge threat towards ming , but the toll of fighting against the northern tribes was too much for the ming to handle.
There’s actually a conspiracy theory that he intentionally allowed himself to be shot in the last battle of the war just so he wouldn’t have to deal with political BS again.
He CAN'T NOT. Because Pyongyang and Seoul, and most of the Korean territory were capture by Japanese army ALREADY! Yi did great job to stop Japanese navy reaching capital Pyongyang on the sea but he is admiral, not general!
As correctly depicted in the movie The Last Samurai, the rebelling Samurai deliberately choose not to use firearms. There are even some charming lines in late but traditional classical Samurai litterature such as the Hagakure, about the "ugliness" of the postures that soldiers had to take when aiming their guns. Guns were regarded as destroying the glory and traditions of the samurai. A deliberate decision not to use firearms seems obviously stupid, but my guess is that the rebels knew that they would be defeated anyay, and their rebellion was more of a symbolical and political act and argument against the Menji restoration and other reforms of Imperial Japan.
@@thabomuso6254No, it was NOT correctly depicted in Last Samurai. Both wars TLS conflates, the Boshin War and the Satsuma Rebellion had both sides use firearms. It didn't matter that one did not like them, they were the gamechanger and not using them would have been foolish. Satsuma was even the main armory of Japan at the time.
@@ZhengIsRight thanks. I'll take your word for it unless I discover something contrary to your statements. Neither of us are using sources, but it was a few years ago when I read about this conflict, so my memory could of course be flawed.
@@ashleygarnish9995 Admiral Yi not only destroyed multitudes of Japanese ships with his numerically inferior fleet but also had not a lick of naval training. Despite this, he entirely revolutionized Eastern Asian naval warfare and is one of the singular most popular national heroes today in South Korea, never losing a single ship in combat with the Japanese ships. And besides all of this Admiral Yi is practically singularly responsible for reversing the fate of Korea during the Imjin War by nearly entirely destroying Japanese supply lines and demoralizing the Japanese; he also helped to defend hundreds of peasants and commoners from Japanese slaughter. Nelson not only had naval training but didn't have nearly as much an impact on a national level as Admiral Yi. Nelson was a fantastic admiral and worth of both praise and respect but both as a naval tactician and a national hero he is outshined by Admiral Yi.
@@AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH The situation is different. It is true that Admiral Yi Sun-sin was at a great disadvantage. However, the Joseon naval forces had technological superiority. Nelson is different. The skill level was similar across Europe, and the level of the soldiers did not differ dramatically. Even the genius Napoleon has never faced a numerical inferiority of 1:2. In particular, in the navy, where cannons are the main force, a slight numerical difference is decisive for victory or defeat, and Nelson showed his creativity and challenging spirit, breaking the standard combat method of the time. As a Korean, I respect Yi Sun-sin. But I can't agree with the saying that Yi Sun-sin is better than Nelson. Because their environment cannot be compared with each other.
6:50: when you list the Korean advantages as being superior shipbuilding and CANNON technology, I am reminded of a quote "God fights for the side with the better artillery" - Napoleon Bonaparte
@wong Kuto that isn't true. Artillery is still a central pillar of combined arms warfare. Tanks play a similar role to cavalry from previous eras, but there was cavalry back then too and artillery was still the dominant force on the battlefield.
@@su_morenito_1948 Also because the English were way ahead of the Spanish in naval tactics. The Spanish ships were a lot bigger and outnumbered the English navy, but they were designed in the medieval tradition of naval warfare, which by 1588 had all but become obsolete. They used their immense size for boarding and firing down on enemies with their muskets, while making little use of their cannons. The English on the other hand made their ships smaller and sleeker, while also investing in their cannons with cannon balls made of superior cast iron allowing them to hit their targets with devastating effect. The English had the weather on their side but their revolutionary naval tactics of staying the distance and blasting enemy ships with their cannons ultimately won them the day and ensured they won without losing a single ship.
@@superspies32 Pretty sure he didn't give a rats about demotions, he would serve wherever he could, the word patriot in the dictionary should just be a picture of Yi
This war begins the legend of the only and indisputable master of the seas, Admiral Yin Sun-Shin. (and the ineptitude of the Joseon dynasty) Edit: Thank you K&G-sunbae (I don't know if I use the term correctly) for doing this series about one of the most unknown conflicts in the West, but it is probably one of the most important episodes in Korean history.
The story of Admiral Yi is very well documented at Extra Credits. The guy has a very interesting life fighting against both Korean nobility and command and obviously the japanese themselves
@Klaidi Rubiku absolutely. Fantastic job overall. From the start of civilization to present day its superb the history series they have. Also take it easy in other mate. Not everyone knows the same you do.
@14:15 It's not fully explained here but General Sin Rip's biggest mistake when engaging the Japanese army was that he divided his horse archers and cavalry into three groups. He ordered each group to charge at the enemy one at a time. Korea's biggest advantage over the Japanese army was the superior number in horse archers and cavalry. However, by dividing the cavalry units into three groups, Sin Rip lost his only advantage he had against the Japanese army. It is believed that Sin Rip had around 6000 cavalry under his command but lost it all at this battle.
“Yi Sun-sin is the person who I am afraid of the most, hate the most, love the most, admire and respect the most, wish to kill the most, and want to have tea together the most. “ - Wakizaka Yasuharu, General in Toyotomi’s invasion forces
@@kagenoshinobimono Maybe so, but it's still a fantastic quote and the tone is consistent with the culture of Sengoku daimyo, where a worthy adversary was often given significant respect. An example being the lethal rivalry between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, a conflict where thousands of loyal troops and valued commanders (even family members) were slaughtered on the battlefield, but the two warriors ultimately respected each other's prowess in war. An honest warrior cannot help but respect an overwhelming victory won through skill and bravery.
This kind of sums up what a lot of Japanese generals thought. They hated Yi's guts for being their enemy, but they couldn't help but admire his unrelenting strength and loyalty, characteristics they themselves wanted in their own troops and in themselves. Hilariously this actually puts them above their WW2 counterparts, who thought Koreans were subhuman and refused to acknowledge them at all.
Fun fact. The kingdom of Choson meaning "Land of the Morning Calm" was established in 1392 when General Yi Song-Gye orchestrated a coup and deposed the last Koryo king. Chosen armies were organized locally but the generals were kept in Seoul to lesson any temptation of using their troops in a bid to topple the government (a lesson their predecessors the Koryo learned too late). Men in the central army (which defended the capital) were professional soldiers but outlying armies were made up of local conscripts. As a result, when the Japanese invaded Korea, Japan's greater firepower and exceptional numbers were just too much for the defenders. Seoul was evacuated and brutally occupied and all seemed lost for the Korean kingdom. However decisive victories at sea changed the course of the war, thanks in no small part to the brilliant admiral Yi Sun-Sin. Under his leadership the famous Turtle Ships were developed, using superior tactics and only 12 Turtle Ships, the legendary admiral was able to destroy the Japanese fleet of over one hundred vessels, sinking 31 and chasing the survivors away. Defeated at sea and increasingly harassed on land, the Japanese withdrew but returned with a new army four years later. It took an alliance with China and further victories by Admiral Yi, plus the death of Hideyoshi to finally force the Japanese to pull out of Korea completely.
@@khal7702 It is true that Japanese did not have a proper war ships to be called a navy compared to Koreans but so as the most of the other countries in the world. Just Korea and some western european countries were unique in that sense
The ridiculous hats the Korean aristocrats wore during the Chosen era was also an anti-rebellion measure the usurper general instituted. The purpose of the dumb hats was to prevent whispering between officials.
@@khal7702 True the Japanese ships were inferior when compared to Korea's however, they were still not to be underestimated as the Japanese had defeated the Koreans at sea during the war, like in the Battle of Chilcheollyang, where the entire Korean fleet, save for 12 ships were destroyed
@@anas-432 I'll name it "Stealth hunter" But I'm not sure, I can keep naming it until it sounds good but for now this is all I can think about today. I'll come back and see if I can figure out a good name for the game cuz I am enrolling into Animation and Game Design Course at AIE in 2022. So don't worry, if I learn it I can make it my own cuz I'm making my own story at the moment.
A great start to a new series! I definitely wasn't expecting you guys to do this one, as it's one among very many barely, if at all known episodes of History, in this case, outside of Korea. I'm grateful that channels like K&G and others exist though, on a massively accessible platform like UA-cam, so that even the general public has a means to be exposed to more and more comparatively obscure History like this. As someone with a History Degree, it always irritated me that even Professors themselves would treat History as if it only contained Eurocentric and specific National History themes and episodes, until suddenly the Colonial Era dawned, and from the perspective of many outside of those in the know; a whole world just 'apparated' into existence. I definitely hope to see more of this Imjin series, as well as many more of the lesser known/obscure Histories from you guys, as there are few more efficient ways of spreading the knowledge of countless unsung tales of the past, than on sites that so many people use, like UA-cam. --- Keep up the great work all! I'm eager to see where this series goes.
Seriously, this channel’s production quality, material and deliverance exceeds current History Channel! I am actually surprised why this productions aren’t adopted into mainstream tv channels already! TV channels are severely lacking opportunity here!
The Admiral: Roaring Currents is an awesome movie adaptation of this battle that occurred between Korea and Japan. I highly recommend it if you're ok with English subtitles. Koreans know how to make a good movie. :)
Melee action scenes are kinda weird and I don't like how overly patirotic it is. However, the movie shows the admiral as a man who suffered so much pain and isn't afraid of showing he's vulnerability.
@@dkelrk1 kinda agree because technically 1 ship guards against 4 attacker at once will exhaust them so much and kinda cheesy, but overall it is a good movie
Thanks for covering the imjin war Kings and Generals, as a Korean, I really appreciate it! Just a suggestion through there is mod for Shogun 2 total war that fully converts the game to cover the imjin war called 'Morning Sun'; it does render unique Korean and Chinese troops so it might be good to portray non Japanese armies
Man, I feel bad for Sin Rip. He tried to put up some form of resistance against the Japanese on the outskirts of Choryong Pass, but got his army annihilated before even reaching the Japanese lines. Holy cow.
The Korean court didn't underestimate the Japanese threat. They expected a very large scale invasion and made of a lot of preparations. But there were a lot of complications, and nobody expected Japan to do something so crazy as to sending more than 100,000 soldiers in an overseas invasion. The only time that sort of thing had happened in Northeast Asia was when the Mongolian Empire invade Japan. Textbooks tend to inaccurately describe the 'division of court' as the reason for Korea's hardship in the Imjin War.
Exactly. Med 2 did someothing like this when at the endgame of campaign, the americas map is discovered. In shogun 2, the korean map should open up as well.
6:00 - notice a crude plan for a Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere is developing at the grand strategic level within a century of the discovery of the New World. And here we thought German plans for Lebensraum were monomaniacal.
@@Snowy123 Around 1600 and later, according to the series. Surely after the second war in 1598. It was mentioned in the series "three years after the war", I remembered.
Basically, the superiority of long spears over short spears in an open field battle was considered common knowledge to the Japanese warriors of the time and the arrogant samurai was essentially making fun of the Koreans for lacking even the most basic knowledge of war. There was actually a trend toward longer spears in the late Sengoku era (nagae yari, basically pikes). In a famous incident, a daimyo staged a mock battle between some of his troops wielding simulated long spears (long straight staves with padding on the end) and another group wielding simulated short spears. The longer spear group won decisively and the trend spread rapidly. However, that particular samurai was the one who ended up looking quite foolish in the end, since it turned out to be entirely possible to make a long list of reasons why Hideyoshi's troops were ill-prepared to conquer Korea despite the fact that spear length would not be on such a list.
@Rosario Manorang Manik you didnt get it, it was indeed about spears and not manhoods, as the narrator in a comment here clarifies. people werent always as shallow and superficial as today
@Rosario Manorang Manik OP wrote a joke-y comment which apart from its subjective humor value is completely false. This was corrected by the second commenter to what you wrote a reprisal. But the thing is that the joke is nothing because its based on a misunderstanding, not on something that actually happened, lad.
@@sztallone415 Yes, they were. Humans basically haven't changed at all for a hundred thousand years at least. Don't kid yourself that we are any different from ancient people, only our circumstances are different. I'm sure the japanese were well aware of the potential double meaning of "our spears are longer than yours", both as relating to warfare and as a jab at the manhood of their enemy.
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi decided that he wanted to conquer Korea with a view to conquering China, he crossed the line from every day villainy to cartoonish supervillainy.
The dispatches that he kept sending to the front lines regarding that planned invasion of china while the japanese starved and barely made any progress in korea show he was probably plain out of it by then.
Daedalus it’s no more ridiculous than a leader of illiterate horse thieves in Mongolia named Temujin thinking he could unite the clans of Mongolia and then conquer China.
@@MrLoobu I think tying your entire army down in a giant country of millions of people all while trying to push to ANOTHER giant country of millions of people counts as suicide but sure, 'murica.
G J Resa Temujin had invented new tactics, the final invasion force of China numbered 900,000. Also there is no way the Japanese would have won against the Ming empire, who has more cannons and way better heavy Calvary. Also the Japanese would not have been able to cross Manchuria the Manchus were a tributary at this time just like Korea.
@@jackirving7723 hahaha ... koreans believe that korea had beaten japanese army in this war. in actuality, however, it was a mere truce, and the war was not completely settled. toyotomi hideyoshi only ordered his troops to retreat temporally on strategic grounds. he was totally willing to reattack china (ming) at once after he turned around the deteriorating conditions, and reorganized his military force. accordingly, ming had to keep on bewaring of the japanese army who were supposed to raid again after their retreat, sooner or later. indeed, "明史, 朝鮮伝" says, "its been seven years since wa (＝japan) embarked in a war with joseon (＝korea). despite hundreds of thousands of casualty and million of silver spent, ming and its tributary had no chance of winning, but death of kanpaku (＝hideyoshi) resulted in the end of this misfortune." (自倭亂朝鮮七載，喪師數十萬，糜餉數百萬，中朝與屬國迄無勝算，至關白死而禍始息) in the first place, this war was not between japan and korea at all, but the war between japan and china (＝ming dynasty). korea had been a faithful tributary nation, so their army was no more than "troops in stationed in support of the front line".
I want to see more, Subbed! 이순신 was the man! 감사합니다 because of General Yi Sun shin (이순신) I moved to Korea and studied their culture, The Imjin War was Fascinating and yes the Korean Leadership was extremely Incompetent however many good Koreans would turn the tide. I cannot wait to see part 2
Admiral Yi has no equal. Not even admiral Nelson. In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out. It was a battle that resulted from the conflict over China between Russia and Japan. In 1905, Japan's Admiral Togo Heihachiro brought the war to an end in victory for the Japanese. After the war, a party was held to celebrate Japan's victory. At the party, a reporter asked Admiral Togo. REPORTER: Admiral, would you compare yourself with England's Admiral Nelson, who destroyed Napoleon's fleet? ADMIRAL TOGO: Am I so worthless as to be compared to Admiral Nelson? I destroyed the Russian Baltic fleet, the strongest navy in the world, with only one-third the number of ships in Nelson's fleet. REPORTER: Pardon my error. You are an even greater naval general than Admiral Yi Sun-shin of Korea. ADMIRAL TOGO: It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea's Yi Sun-shin, for he has no equal. Nelson and I both fought battles with full support from the government, but General Yi Sun-shin achieved victory without any government support. Compared to General Yi, I am but a petty officer.
Admiral Yi Sun Shin fought 23 naval engagements, all against the Japanese, and won all 23. Some of his most outstanding victories: Battle of Hansan Island: 115 ships VS 55 (Yi) Battle of Busan: 500 ships VS 166 (Yi) Battle of Myeongnyang: 330 ships VS 13 (Yi) In his 23 naval engagements, not a single Korean ship was sunk under his command. “Those who seek death shall live. Those who seek to live will die” -Admiral Yi Sun Shin, Battle of Myeongnyang
Admiral Togo, the Victor of the Battle of Tsushima Strait in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, when compared to Admiral Yi Sun-Shin and Horatio Lord Nelson, replied that while he could consider himself the equal of Nelson, he could not compare himself to Yi, for he had no equal.
@@Isildun9 The quote by Admiral Togo is actually not recorded anywhere. It was first made/used for "nae seon il che," Imperial Japan's propaganda to bring Japan and Korea closer during the occupation/colonization. (to japanese: see, korea has remarkable people too. To koreans: see you guys have people that the japanese admire). Following WW2 it's used in the Admiral Yi narrative as fact.
@@supa3ek The reason why there's 0 losses is because it's not true according to historical documents of the time. It's a great story but it's fiction based on history. The problem with Korean history is that everything pre WW2 is written in either Classical Chinese or Japanese. Unfortunately Koreans learning this stuff have no way to check sources due to the language barrier. For example, in Yi's diary 乱中日記, it's recorded 賊船三十隻撞破 during the Battle of Myeongnyang. In his own words, he fought 30 ships. There's no mention of sinking them, nor casualty estimates. When you actually review the primary sources, it's 12-14 ships korea vs 30-120 japan, several ships sunk, Korea retreats, Japan makes landing in Korea meeting it's military objective. About the same battle, 高山公實錄 appears to describe a battle that was fierce and many Japanese officers were killed. It does not say half of his men were killed. It says half of his subordinate officers were wounded or killed. It matches with 毛利高棟文書, the entry 九月十八日付船手衆注進状 . The battle is recorded in great detail. Japanese people by name (officers) fighting, falling off boats etc. It was a battle from 6 am to 4pm that was fierce, where afterwards Korea fled. Its recorded that the Japanese Navy pursued the Koreans for 24-28 km but stopped because it was getting dark. In the 乱中日記 it’s recorded that they 移陣唐笥島 changed their base (retreat) following the battle. It’s a 37 km retreat from the battle. Another source is Gang Hang’s 看羊録. He was a Korean prisoner of war following the battle, captured by Todo, the author of 高山公實錄, and he recorded what he saw. In it he writes , 水路倭千餘艘已到右水營。統制使以衆寡不敵。遵海西上。Again, Korean forces being overwhelmed and retreating. I mean there's a reason why he was captured then. Its nice when the sources match up like this. Japan fought, lost officers, pushed Admiral Yi to a retreat. As Yi retreated, they took prisoners. Again, they met their objective of pushing Yi’s navy back and securing their supply lines.
@Thiago Goulart That indeed is true he fought on the frontline himself in the admiral ship alone when the other 12 were afraid to do so and lingered behind. The great man had to confront the enemies for hours at a narrow sea channel and waited for the time when the tide changed, which made the Japanese ships lose control and stumble upon each other....
Some interesting facts : Shin's cavalry was actually battle hardened heavy cavalry from north, which were fighting Jurchens. The Chungju plain was wet and became mud like, significantly hampering cavalry's mobility, thus Shin's cavalry were helplessly crushed by Japanese musket infantry. of course him making suicide tactic with cavalry didn't help... The southeastern province of Korea is surrounded by mountains, the only pass to the capital was to go through the extremely mountainous joryong pass to Chungju, where the battle with Shin happened. Because of difficult terrain to Seoul, the Japanese supply line was very slow when later they proceeded to north of peninsula, thus making Admiral Yi's navy defending coastal supply line crucial for the entire war.
Joseon and Ming ships were ocean going like Europeans, but their tactics were better. They were primarily using cannon barrages and engaged over distance whereas Europeans at the time relied primarily on boarding. This changed later on when Europe surpassed the world.
That's not true at all, Portuguese ships were using line of battle tactics effectively for over a century at this point, for example when Vasco da Gama obliterated a far larger enemy fleet in Calicut in 1503. The Ming Chinese captured Portuguese cannons soon after they first made contact and sought to reproduce them since the European models were superior to their own.
Don't know where you learned these things. But this is 16century, no European ships equipped with cannons went with boarding tactics. The boarding tactic was rather a Japanese navy tactc. This was because Japan had never fully utilized and equipped its troops with European cannons except some very very rare circumstances. The naval fight was more of a extension of land battle as the only range weapon, they used matchlocks and handcannons, the exact equipment of land warfare. I'm not an expert, so don't know why they didn't utilize Portuguese cannons when they utilized their matchlocks. But obviously biggest difference and reason of defeat between Korean ships and Japanese was of artillery.
Hideyoshi and his daimyos: oh this should be an easy one, we just basically steamrolled the only legit enemy resistance! We see no way in which this meticulously planned invasion should go awry! Yi Sun Shin: *i'm about to end this kampaku's whole career*
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Oh my, "Pertempuran Yang Mengubah Strategi" which is published by Elex Media Komputido really brought me here, which they also covers Japanese Invasion of Korea just like this video.
People in the comment should remind Joseon didn't experienced full scaled battle for 200 years. Also her officials did expected the invasion, but majority considered as a piracy, as Japanese always do, not a total war with 160,000 soldiers strong.
@@stefanvas6984 I wouldnt be surprised. He was a peasant who became the most powerful man in Japan, but couldn't be shogun due to his birth. He must of been consumed by delusions of grandeur and paranoia.
@Nano92 The whole purpose invading Korea is to send those bloodthirsty backstabber daimyo to loot, murder, kill and HOPEFULLY DIE in the Korean invasion.1) thin the army of their clan 2) prevent rebel at home 3) Strengthen the power base close to home. That’s Hideoyshi purpose
Fun fact: Once the Ming agreed to intervene on behalf of Korea , a Jurchen chieftain Ming vassal named Nurhaci offered to send troops into Korea to help fight the Japanese. That same man would begin the conquest of the Ming years later and his descendants would found the Manchu Qing dynasty
About Nurhaci. Ming Chinese made the same mistake as Late Rome did. Relying too much on auxiliary forces to the point of making them overshadow the main army. For all the efforts Ming made to ensure Mongols won't rise again, they made sure their Manchu auxiliary became the new Mongols. I always wondered the thought process of Ming tolerating Nurhaci owning a 60,000 strong mounted "houscarls" covered in brigandine & mail (men and horses) and well trained in the use of lance, guns, and bows from horseback. The Qing Banner men's rebellion was all but a matter of time because they were capable of invading China, the Manchu, the land they had were not productive enough to sustaining Nurhaci's 60,000 strong elite cavalry forces even with the raids in Korea, and Nurhaci was not going to give up his power and military might without a fight.
Ravenpy Read Kenneth Swope the main cause of military decline amongst Ming wasn’t so much Jurchen strength as it was administrative collapse. While the Manchus were certainly powerful if it wasn’t for the huge amounts of corruption and infighting that stymied Ming resistance such as the execution of Yuan Chonghuan the Manchus could not have conquered China. Also massive rebellions form Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong really spread Ming forces thin especially since killing bandits was easy but truly rooting them out was hard and when a group of them crossed into another province they were someone else’s problem. Also the Manchus suffered heavy casualties from Ming cannons but Ming Arquebuses and small arms despite being some of the best in the world were ineffective in the field. Ming Shi states that most times Ming troops could only get one or at most two volleys before the Manchu cavalry came down on them.
Side note rant it should be noted the Ming military was not the dying machine unable to fight the Manchus we imagine it to be. The works of Swope once again postulates that the Ming actually underwent a military rennisance from the 1570s onward and I tend to agree. The works of Tonio Adrande have shown the Ming were not nearly as behind in gunpowder weaponry compared to Europe than we would like to imagine. From the days of Qi Jiguang onward the Ming adopted gunpowder weapons avidly with gunpowder volley fire actually being invented by Qi Jiguang. Ideally 30% of an army would be gunners. It was imo and Tonio Adrande the lack of warfare that led China to fall behind in gunpowder. It maintained relative partiy with Europe until the long peace came where there was no warfare in China proper for a long time leading to no new innovation. However under the Ming there was tremendous innovation with new cannons and Arquebuses designs being made in some cases that surpassed the rest of the world.
The real name of "Sea of Japan" was "Sea of Joseon" at that time by the most historical records from Japan and Korea. The sea was never called "Sea of Japan" before Korea-Japan Consolidation(1910). So "sea of Japan" is in this video clip totally wrong information. Now officially North and South Korea government both prefer call this "Sea of East" than "Sea of Japan".
@@tomokinariyuki185 Wake up man. This is the true world not in video drama or manga. Research of your country's history. Your ancient kept invading Korea over several hundred times even Korea transmitted many of cultures to the Japan but Japanese never thank to the Korea. You know what Japanese character is from ancient Korea as Shinlla. If Shinlla didn't give the characters to the Japan, you don't have any characters but only Chinese characters you can use. Don't trust what your government says now they trying to hide the truth and true history of Korean and Japan. Look up your ancient's records not Korean's. They did left true history about Joseon and Japan until 2-300 yrs ago from now.
@Ryan Lajara You can find that most maps from Europe until earlier than 19centry says this "Sea of Joseon" or "Gulf of Corea" instead "Sea of Japan". That is shameful to the Japan. Japan invaded Joseon and older countries in Korea peninsula over several hundred times in history records you can find it when you open up the north east Asia's history books. They still want to start war to the Korea or China or Russia because that's why Abe(previous prime of Japan) wanted to amend the constitution from peaceful country with self defense only to can fight to other country with the order of king of Japan. Since after they had a army power Japanese started to convert name of the sea and insisted dokdo(small island in East sea and its belongs in Korea) is belong to the Japan. It is around after 1910.
You're not kidding about the corruption troubling the Korean kingdom. This particular period in Korean history has some of the worst monarchs and officials.
Ironically, king seonjo and joseon bureaucrats prepare for invasion. But they did not expect Japan's attack to be a full-scale invasion. Therefore, what the Joseon Kingdom prepared was only to stop the local war. The Joseon kingdom was based on agricultural policy as a national policy, so it was impossible to prepare for war, and because of the Manchurian attack nine years ago, the Manchurian people were regarded as the main enemy.
@Benon Ma Forgive me correcting some of your points. 1. The factions named Northern, Western or something were not present prior to Joseon nor since the formation of the dynasty. They appeared after more than hundred years after Joseon was formed. 2. Although those parties were fighting each other to gain the power in the government, the throne itself was never the objective. 3. The parties of Joseon dynasty never possessed their private army. By the time Joseon's factions were present, having such private army was definitely impossible. There were private armies before Joseon was formed, but since Joseon dynasty itself was made possible by such private army, newly formed dynasty made a powerful and elaborate system to forestall the formation of private army. 4. The argument that the ruling factions fighting each other weakened the central government is partially right, in that the structure of Joseon government was intentionally designed to control the power of the king based on Confucianism.
King Seonjo was started off as a pretty good king and made a lot of reforms, but his judgement was clouded by a lot of his corrupt minister. That is why by the end of the war, he could not bear anymore and eventually let his son rule instead.
@@LordTalax They are still doing it though, it seems like they have uploaded few hundred videos on the Romans. I think it's because of views they get from these videos. I think next video would be on How the Romans used to procreate?
Great video but a couple things 1) Romanization: You're using both the McCune-Reischauer Romanization and the Revised Romanization systems for Korean. For example "Cheolla" is MR but "Busan" is RR. I think you should just stick to one. Jeolla/Busan or Cheolla/Pusan. 2) km/mile: Again you're using both km and mile in the same video. Stick to one.
Love the video. Small criticism - that’s not where Nagoya Castle (or Nagoya) is. Pretty sure that’s Fukuoka although there was a Hizen-Nagoya not far away
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*Do Mongol invasion of Russia*
The Tokugawa clan in the map at 1:29 is in the wrong position, after the unification of Japan under Hideyoshi, Tokugawa moved into Edo in the Kanto region by Hideyoshi's order. Also wondering why you put Hideyoshi in the Tokaido region, since his capital stronghold was at Osaka.
Waiting for special videos showing the interesting stories of generals like subedey,baybars,...
Would you consider doing one about the mali empire and its innovations?
Japan: UwU Ming senpai please give us Korea :)
Ming: No
Japan: b-b-baka!
"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself get demoted again" - Admiral Yi's situation
If only the Joseon bureaucrats weren't such corrupt and jealous fools.
Imagine that Yi has enough of that shit and joined Japan. It's good thing for Korea that he's loyal to his country no matter how many shit he has to endured.
@@MrYoyoman12345 hell, his face is on the most numerous coin, which is the 100 won
It's crazy how Yi stayed loyal to the country he was betrayed by over and over again. Almost anyone else in his situation would have defected, but he didn't. He stayed loyal, kept fighting and ended up winning an almost unwinnable war for Korea. He's truly a legend.
@@Snowcrab27 Why would he defect to Japan? Japanese ravaged his motherland and killed his third son during the war. Yi had nothing but hatred towards Japanese.
The Imjin War is a legendary story. Almost a perfect allegory for what destruction incompetence can bring, an epic story of how abandoned civilians sacrifice themselves to save the very country that discarded them, and of course a story of endurance, and loyalty. It's a shame not many people know it.
Even though S.Korea's nation power is growing, it's a physically small country. Also it has not been a long time since S.Korea was a country that could actually be called one.
When the people fight for their country, will the government is too incompetent or on their high horse to see the situation before them
I think it’s because the Imjin war was overshadowed by the second Japanese invasion of Korea which is more recent and much more devastating for the Korean Peninsula
Thats part of the story. But mostly it was just Yi Sun-Sin preventing the Japanese Navy from reaching the Yellow Sea, which made it impossible to resupply the Japanese troops up north. This made the entire invasion impossible. The Japanese had nothing to fear from Korean land forces. Even after the Chinese entered the war, the Japanese still won most of the land battles. It was just the Japanese inability to maintain supply lines that really undermined them.
@@JW-su9bo 셪요애스
The Sengoku Jidai continued after the Imjin war. In fact the battle of Sekigahara can be seen as a direct result of the failure of the Imjin war as many samurai who fought in Korea would return home disgruntled against the Toyotomi regime. The Sengoku Jidai is actually considered to have ended in 1615 after the summer siege of Osaka.
Imjin war? It was not concern with Sekigahara at all. Korean is not concern with Japan at all. Sekigahawa war was just like a war between minister and minister.
Imjin was Hideyoshi idea, because Hideyoshi they lost resources, lives, and honor. So its not wrong to say because the faliure of imjin war that sekkigahara take place
@@abiekanzy7619
The reason of withdrawing from Korea why Hideyoshi died in 1598. Not by failure. Hideyoshi had purpose to occupy Ming-china, because Spain had a plan to let Japan defeat Ming-china and at last Spain wish to control Japan. But Hideyoshi was cleverer than Spain. He knew Spain's plan. Before Spain occupied Ming-china hideyoshi moved. And sent mission for what Korea make a way to Min-china with much money and return profit. But Korea could not understand what Hideyoshi wished. For only make away and rout Korea could not answer for her master Ming-china. So Hideyoshi was angry, and sent huge horde of troops to Korea in1592. But finally the battle ended suddenly for Hideyoshi died in 1598. After the war on the peninsula, Toyotomi government separated with two powers between Ishida,Mitsunari and Tokugawa, Ieyassu.
Two men were ministers of Toyotomi government. In 1600, Sekigahara
battle occurred. Korean peninsula and Sekigahara were absolutely not concern with each other. Japan and Korea were irrelevant, and as it is even now.
Kaisermuto
Because hideyoshi's strength of will and character that kept it going DESPITE the growing cost and corpse.
Even if hideyoshi survived, the best he can do is withdraw and start planning again. But that current campaign is pretty much lost since they lost control of the sea.
And because of the Imjin War, Joseon and Ming were weakened, and the Manchus were able to unify tribes during that time, and later China was conquered by the Qing Dynasty.
I can say Japan is the villain or trouble maker of east asian history.
Literally one of the best history related channels on youtube, thanks for such quality! 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks! :-)
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im late but i agree
"KEEP BANGING THE DRUM"
-Admiral Yi Literally Everytime He Fighting The Japanese Navy
The most tearful story of admiral Yi😭
Nicely done -- one criticism -- please, please, please, don't use Japanese images for Korean fortresses! They look very different and your depiction of Chungju looking like the Osaka castle was out of place. Now, looking forward to the next one or two or ten -- looking for Yi Sunshin to enter the fray -- he was truly a remarkable general, who overcame all sorts of obstacles, including traitors at his back. His receiving of the broken navy after being betrayed, and his disobedience of the order to give up the navy and fight on the land because he had only 13 ships -- his response, "I have 13 ships." Those 13 were better than the whole Japanese fleet, not just as warships but in the way Adm. Yi entrapped the Japanese in waters they were not familiar with. Looking forward to see how you handle it.
오 선생님을 여기서 뵙네요!
오 구독자입니다 ㅎㅎ
Professor. Good to see you in the comments.
Dr. Peterson! Funny running into you here. Can't wait for your next video.
@@Mr2Reviews ㅋㅋㅋ. Nice to see you here, too! New video tonight!
"My spear is bigger and your pigs are ugly!" lol
Mateus Magaldi those are fighting words!
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Admiral Yi; also known as Admiral Yeet the japanese fleet
He yeet the Japanese so hard he got fire
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@snake45aiman And then he yeeted the Japanese fleet again with less ships.
You mean Admiral "Ye need to go home Anime people"
Also known troll admiral
“Anyone who try to survive will die
Anyone who prepare to die will survive.”
-Admiral Yi, a day before the battle of Myeongnyang.
Em.. he must have tried to survive
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@@Tko_Seven 장난으로 한 말인 것 같습니다만
李舜臣はほとんど作り話だ
@@ああ-f1n1v ㅗ 이거나 까잡숴
*Japanese ships incoming*
Korean Admiral: "Today, we cancel the apocalypse!"
Imagine if they used Zombies as soldiers. that would be poggeers but what would happen aftermaths?
The percific rim
Hell yeah! The Imjin War is one of the most fascinating and pivotal pre-modern conflicts. I’m glad you guys are covering this portion of history so often ignored by people outside of East Asia.
@Eric Kim I disagree. This is the war that caused Toyotomi Hideyoshi to destroy himself and it also depleted Ming treasuries at a time when the Ming were already struggling to stay afloat amid internal decline and constant threats from different external enemies. The impact on Korea from the war, while arguably insignificant politically, had a devastating effect on their material history. On top of this, the war could be argued as a foundation point for the brutal Japanese Nationalism that devastated East Asia in first half of the 20th century.
@Sim Le
True! And because of the depleted Ming treasuries, Ming financial going downhill. So sad. How I hope Ming never get involve in the Imjin War, such War can be disastrous as we seen during earlier Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty
@@alvintheng8501 you do know that toyotomi was trying to invade ming right? so even if ming did not get involve to this war they had to face japan anyways.
@@Jan-ee8ri Yes, Despite toyotomi forces to not be a huge threat towards ming , but the toll of fighting against the northern tribes was too much for the ming to handle.
Japan : You can't defeat me!
Korea : I know , but *HE* can.
To be continue...
He either die as a hero or live enough to be demoted again. Fortunately, fate has chosen die as hero, forever remember as National Hero of Korea.
There’s actually a conspiracy theory that he intentionally allowed himself to be shot in the last battle of the war just so he wouldn’t have to deal with political BS again.
Still waiting for the next episode.
Boooooooooo
He CAN'T NOT. Because Pyongyang and Seoul, and most of the Korean territory were capture by Japanese army ALREADY! Yi did great job to stop Japanese navy reaching capital Pyongyang on the sea but he is admiral, not general!
The last Samurai: The Samurai was destroyed with Western guns
16th century History: Samurai invades Korea with muskets
Tha Last Samurai took place in the 19th century...
Tokugawa shogunate banned the production of firearms with death sentence because it gave too much power to the peasants.
As correctly depicted in the movie The Last Samurai, the rebelling Samurai deliberately choose not to use firearms. There are even some charming lines in late but traditional classical Samurai litterature such as the Hagakure, about the "ugliness" of the postures that soldiers had to take when aiming their guns. Guns were regarded as destroying the glory and traditions of the samurai.
A deliberate decision not to use firearms seems obviously stupid, but my guess is that the rebels knew that they would be defeated anyay, and their rebellion was more of a symbolical and political act and argument against the Menji restoration and other reforms of Imperial Japan.
@@thabomuso6254No, it was NOT correctly depicted in Last Samurai. Both wars TLS conflates, the Boshin War and the Satsuma Rebellion had both sides use firearms. It didn't matter that one did not like them, they were the gamechanger and not using them would have been foolish. Satsuma was even the main armory of Japan at the time.
@@ZhengIsRight thanks. I'll take your word for it unless I discover something contrary to your statements.
Neither of us are using sources, but it was a few years ago when I read about this conflict, so my memory could of course be flawed.
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I wish to take upon such luxuries in a while. For now i'm dead broke so i only play the ads to the end.
@@RodolfoGaming does playing the ads till the end really support the channel??
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"Your highness, I still have twelve battleships" The phrase every Korean knows
yooseon hwang Even me a Chinese and Manchurian know it. Yi Sun sin said it during the naval battle of Myeongnyang.
The greatest admiral who ever lived, even Nelson can't compete.
@@chrismorris6865 that's a rediculess statement about Nelson!
@@ashleygarnish9995 Admiral Yi not only destroyed multitudes of Japanese ships with his numerically inferior fleet but also had not a lick of naval training. Despite this, he entirely revolutionized Eastern Asian naval warfare and is one of the singular most popular national heroes today in South Korea, never losing a single ship in combat with the Japanese ships. And besides all of this Admiral Yi is practically singularly responsible for reversing the fate of Korea during the Imjin War by nearly entirely destroying Japanese supply lines and demoralizing the Japanese; he also helped to defend hundreds of peasants and commoners from Japanese slaughter. Nelson not only had naval training but didn't have nearly as much an impact on a national level as Admiral Yi. Nelson was a fantastic admiral and worth of both praise and respect but both as a naval tactician and a national hero he is outshined by Admiral Yi.
@@AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH The situation is different. It is true that Admiral Yi Sun-sin was at a great disadvantage. However, the Joseon naval forces had technological superiority.
Nelson is different. The skill level was similar across Europe, and the level of the soldiers did not differ dramatically. Even the genius Napoleon has never faced a numerical inferiority of 1:2. In particular, in the navy, where cannons are the main force, a slight numerical difference is decisive for victory or defeat, and Nelson showed his creativity and challenging spirit, breaking the standard combat method of the time.
As a Korean, I respect Yi Sun-sin. But I can't agree with the saying that Yi Sun-sin is better than Nelson. Because their environment cannot be compared with each other.
6:50: when you list the Korean advantages as being superior shipbuilding and CANNON technology, I am reminded of a quote
"God fights for the side with the better artillery" - Napoleon Bonaparte
I am reminded of how it was the same reason the English were able to defeat the Spanish Armada.
@wong Kuto that isn't true. Artillery is still a central pillar of combined arms warfare. Tanks play a similar role to cavalry from previous eras, but there was cavalry back then too and artillery was still the dominant force on the battlefield.
barbiquearea They used weather and kept their distance from the much powerful spanish galleons,it’s as simple as that
Yes until the better artillery side is korean
@@su_morenito_1948 Also because the English were way ahead of the Spanish in naval tactics. The Spanish ships were a lot bigger and outnumbered the English navy, but they were designed in the medieval tradition of naval warfare, which by 1588 had all but become obsolete. They used their immense size for boarding and firing down on enemies with their muskets, while making little use of their cannons. The English on the other hand made their ships smaller and sleeker, while also investing in their cannons with cannon balls made of superior cast iron allowing them to hit their targets with devastating effect. The English had the weather on their side but their revolutionary naval tactics of staying the distance and blasting enemy ships with their cannons ultimately won them the day and ensured they won without losing a single ship.
This is a great start of a great series. Cheers from Korea
I started watching Kingdom on Netflix. This is perfect timing. I was looking for more info on this war!
I became interested on this war because of Tale of Nokdu and Legend of the Dragon Pearl
Alternate Title: The Rise of the Great Admiral, Yi Sun Shin.
6:40 Napoleon, where's the signature quote "God is on the side with the best artillery"
@@superspies32 Pretty sure he didn't give a rats about demotions, he would serve wherever he could, the word patriot in the dictionary should just be a picture of Yi
Then people would say KnG ripped off Extra Credits
Great video. I've been studying East Asian history for the past 2 years and the Imjin War is one of the most interesting conflict, in my opinion.
This war begins the legend of the only and indisputable master of the seas, Admiral Yin Sun-Shin. (and the ineptitude of the Joseon dynasty)
Edit: Thank you K&G-sunbae (I don't know if I use the term correctly) for doing this series about one of the most unknown conflicts in the West, but it is probably one of the most important episodes in Korean history.
@@superspies32 They lasted up until 1910 after the last Korean monarch Sunjong abdicated after Korea had been annexed by Japan.
The story of Admiral Yi is very well documented at Extra Credits. The guy has a very interesting life fighting against both Korean nobility and command and obviously the japanese themselves
why didn't the great admiral attack the transports then that held the initial invasion forces?
@Klaidi Rubiku absolutely. Fantastic job overall. From the start of civilization to present day its superb the history series they have. Also take it easy in other mate. Not everyone knows the same you do.
@HaywireOfAlba you are missing out. Get catching up!
Damn I love this channel. Great job and thanks K&G. You're killing it! 👍
We appreciate the support!
@14:15 It's not fully explained here but General Sin Rip's biggest mistake when engaging the Japanese army was that he divided his horse archers and cavalry into three groups. He ordered each group to charge at the enemy one at a time. Korea's biggest advantage over the Japanese army was the superior number in horse archers and cavalry. However, by dividing the cavalry units into three groups, Sin Rip lost his only advantage he had against the Japanese army. It is believed that Sin Rip had around 6000 cavalry under his command but lost it all at this battle.
Wow kings and generals covering Imjin war!!!! fantastic
I’m so glad someone is giving this crazy war some attention!
Thank you very much for the intuitive and easy-to-understand animations and all that!
“Yi Sun-sin is the person who I am afraid of the most, hate the most, love the most, admire and respect the most, wish to kill the most, and want to have tea together the most. “
- Wakizaka Yasuharu, General in Toyotomi’s invasion forces
That quote is from the K-drama "Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin," it's not an actual historical quote
@@kagenoshinobimono Maybe so, but it's still a fantastic quote and the tone is consistent with the culture of Sengoku daimyo, where a worthy adversary was often given significant respect. An example being the lethal rivalry between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, a conflict where thousands of loyal troops and valued commanders (even family members) were slaughtered on the battlefield, but the two warriors ultimately respected each other's prowess in war.
An honest warrior cannot help but respect an overwhelming victory won through skill and bravery.
kagenoshinobimono cool! Gotta look for that one to watch!
Amazing how incredibly and perfectly plausible this quote is! 🤯
This kind of sums up what a lot of Japanese generals thought. They hated Yi's guts for being their enemy, but they couldn't help but admire his unrelenting strength and loyalty, characteristics they themselves wanted in their own troops and in themselves. Hilariously this actually puts them above their WW2 counterparts, who thought Koreans were subhuman and refused to acknowledge them at all.
@Thiago Goulart I-It's not like I want to have tea with you or anything, Admiral Yi-baka!
Ah, yes. The beginning of the everlasting feud between Anime and K-pops.
K-Pop vs J-Pop, the ultimate battle
More like K-drama vs Anime. Plastics vs 2Ds
Clash of koreaboo and weeaboo troops.
Super no
J-pop: Cries and sinks into oblivion
I'm bilingual in Japanese and have to say how impressed you guys are when it comes to getting the pronunciation correct. Good job!
Hell yeah! Yi Sun-Shin incoming!
Fun fact. The kingdom of Choson meaning "Land of the Morning Calm" was established in 1392 when General Yi Song-Gye orchestrated a coup and deposed the last Koryo king. Chosen armies were organized locally but the generals were kept in Seoul to lesson any temptation of using their troops in a bid to topple the government (a lesson their predecessors the Koryo learned too late). Men in the central army (which defended the capital) were professional soldiers but outlying armies were made up of local conscripts. As a result, when the Japanese invaded Korea, Japan's greater firepower and exceptional numbers were just too much for the defenders. Seoul was evacuated and brutally occupied and all seemed lost for the Korean kingdom. However decisive victories at sea changed the course of the war, thanks in no small part to the brilliant admiral Yi Sun-Sin. Under his leadership the famous Turtle Ships were developed, using superior tactics and only 12 Turtle Ships, the legendary admiral was able to destroy the Japanese fleet of over one hundred vessels, sinking 31 and chasing the survivors away. Defeated at sea and increasingly harassed on land, the Japanese withdrew but returned with a new army four years later. It took an alliance with China and further victories by Admiral Yi, plus the death of Hideyoshi to finally force the Japanese to pull out of Korea completely.
I like Yi-Sun-Shin, but let's be honest that wasn't really a navy, many transports.
choson 朝鲜 was the name the Ming Emperor gave to the Korean...
@@khal7702 It is true that Japanese did not have a proper war ships to be called a navy compared to Koreans but so as the most of the other countries in the world. Just Korea and some western european countries were unique in that sense
The ridiculous hats the Korean aristocrats wore during the Chosen era was also an anti-rebellion measure the usurper general instituted. The purpose of the dumb hats was to prevent whispering between officials.
@@khal7702 True the Japanese ships were inferior when compared to Korea's however, they were still not to be underestimated as the Japanese had defeated the Koreans at sea during the war, like in the Battle of Chilcheollyang, where the entire Korean fleet, save for 12 ships were destroyed
If we ever get an Assassin's Creed set in Korea, it ought to be set during this event.
We should honestly have one because it'll be cool af, imagine tho. Sheeeesh
that'll be so cool, Hideyoshi is a perfect Templar, rising from nobody to somebody and bringing "order" to the Japanese islands
Or maybe ghost of korea like ghost of tsushima was against mongols this time against Japanese samurai lol
@@anas-432 I'll name it "Stealth hunter" But I'm not sure, I can keep naming it until it sounds good but for now this is all I can think about today. I'll come back and see if I can figure out a good name for the game cuz I am enrolling into Animation and Game Design Course at AIE in 2022. So don't worry, if I learn it I can make it my own cuz I'm making my own story at the moment.
Korea: We're about to die
Admiral Yi: No not yet
NOT WHILE I STILL BREATHE
A great start to a new series! I definitely wasn't expecting you guys to do this one, as it's one among very many barely, if at all known episodes of History, in this case, outside of Korea. I'm grateful that channels like K&G and others exist though, on a massively accessible platform like UA-cam, so that even the general public has a means to be exposed to more and more comparatively obscure History like this. As someone with a History Degree, it always irritated me that even Professors themselves would treat History as if it only contained Eurocentric and specific National History themes and episodes, until suddenly the Colonial Era dawned, and from the perspective of many outside of those in the know; a whole world just 'apparated' into existence. I definitely hope to see more of this Imjin series, as well as many more of the lesser known/obscure Histories from you guys, as there are few more efficient ways of spreading the knowledge of countless unsung tales of the past, than on sites that so many people use, like UA-cam. --- Keep up the great work all! I'm eager to see where this series goes.
Seriously, this channel’s production quality, material and deliverance exceeds current History Channel! I am actually surprised why this productions aren’t adopted into mainstream tv channels already! TV channels are severely lacking opportunity here!
Yeah, some UA-camrs' content are getting better than those from TV channels.
The Admiral: Roaring Currents is an awesome movie adaptation of this battle that occurred between Korea and Japan. I highly recommend it if you're ok with English subtitles. Koreans know how to make a good movie. :)
Krobra Gragre / Korean movie producers make awesome films!
He is more than Admiral, he the real man! I admire him the most! Btw I love that movie and I am not even Korean, I'm Indonesian btw.
Melee action scenes are kinda weird and I don't like how overly patirotic it is. However, the movie shows the admiral as a man who suffered so much pain and isn't afraid of showing he's vulnerability.
@@dkelrk1 kinda agree because technically 1 ship guards against 4 attacker at once will exhaust them so much and kinda cheesy, but overall it is a good movie
@@ltmatthewakj2466 It gets your blood flowin faster which is nice.
Thanks for covering the imjin war Kings and Generals, as a Korean, I really appreciate it! Just a suggestion through there is mod for Shogun 2 total war that fully converts the game to cover the imjin war called 'Morning Sun'; it does render unique Korean and Chinese troops so it might be good to portray non Japanese armies
You just mad at Japan 😭
Most excellent! Not many people talk about or even know of the Imjin War. Thank you doing this and I eagerly await the next ep.!
Wanted to make an Admiral Yeet joke but I'm not quick enough...
Clearly the land armies of Korea weren't... so our hero will wait for his moment to YEET.
Man, I feel bad for Sin Rip. He tried to put up some form of resistance against the Japanese on the outskirts of Choryong Pass, but got his army annihilated before even reaching the Japanese lines. Holy cow.
The Korean court didn't underestimate the Japanese threat. They expected a very large scale invasion and made of a lot of preparations. But there were a lot of complications, and nobody expected Japan to do something so crazy as to sending more than 100,000 soldiers in an overseas invasion. The only time that sort of thing had happened in Northeast Asia was when the Mongolian Empire invade Japan. Textbooks tend to inaccurately describe the 'division of court' as the reason for Korea's hardship in the Imjin War.
"boat to Busan" new sequence.
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@@kaiseramadeus233 He references the movie Train to Busan it's really damn good highly recommend it
This war should have been a playable campaign in Shogun 2!!!!
Erm... Eu4...? But DLC policy is horrible!!!
Exactly. Med 2 did someothing like this when at the endgame of campaign, the americas map is discovered. In shogun 2, the korean map should open up as well.
A large map include china is needed as eventually ming dynsaty will involve in the conflict too
No. I want to reject your idea.
AMAZING!! thank you for creating this!
Thanks for watching!
6:00 - notice a crude plan for a Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere is developing at the grand strategic level within a century of the discovery of the New World.
And here we thought German plans for Lebensraum were monomaniacal.
Trying to take over as much territory as possible isn't a remotely new concept.
Manifest destiny?
The wishes to conquer and unite the entire Asia has been the dream of Ancient China Emperors.
李舜臣の話はほとんど作り話だ
The war before Netflix's Kingdom series.
Enix Blue Rain when do the zombies come?
@@Snowy123 Around 1600 and later, according to the series. Surely after the second war in 1598. It was mentioned in the series "three years after the war", I remembered.
How did you even do research? The fact that you can create such detailed documentaries are amazing!
Japan: Omae wa mou shindeiru!
Korea: Shibal!
Is that Korean swearing word??
@@AriStrX500RR yes. it means shit but can be used as fuck just like in english.
@@yokartik ahh i see, after watching a korean gamer rage over CS i remember he said like that and burst in anger😂
@@yokartik Lol you're so correct. I can confirm that since I'm Korean
6 years after,
Korea : Omae wa mou Shindeiru
Japan : NANI!!!!
"He offended the koreans, saying that the size of their spears were smaller than the japanese ones"
This is the ancient form of saying "small pp"
Basically, the superiority of long spears over short spears in an open field battle was considered common knowledge to the Japanese warriors of the time and the arrogant samurai was essentially making fun of the Koreans for lacking even the most basic knowledge of war.
There was actually a trend toward longer spears in the late Sengoku era (nagae yari, basically pikes). In a famous incident, a daimyo staged a mock battle between some of his troops wielding simulated long spears (long straight staves with padding on the end) and another group wielding simulated short spears. The longer spear group won decisively and the trend spread rapidly.
However, that particular samurai was the one who ended up looking quite foolish in the end, since it turned out to be entirely possible to make a long list of reasons why Hideyoshi's troops were ill-prepared to conquer Korea despite the fact that spear length would not be on such a list.
@Rosario Manorang Manik I'm sure he did, but the context is welconw.
@Rosario Manorang Manik you didnt get it, it was indeed about spears and not manhoods, as the narrator in a comment here clarifies.
people werent always as shallow and superficial as today
@Rosario Manorang Manik OP wrote a joke-y comment which apart from its subjective humor value is completely false. This was corrected by the second commenter to what you wrote a reprisal. But the thing is that the joke is nothing because its based on a misunderstanding, not on something that actually happened, lad.
@@sztallone415 Yes, they were. Humans basically haven't changed at all for a hundred thousand years at least. Don't kid yourself that we are any different from ancient people, only our circumstances are different. I'm sure the japanese were well aware of the potential double meaning of "our spears are longer than yours", both as relating to warfare and as a jab at the manhood of their enemy.
hey you made a big mistake. At that time the capital of Ming dynasty is Beijing not Nanjing
Total War Saga: Imjin War
CA: No, Fall of the Samurai is Saga
Fall of samurai is better than rise of samurai tho
MY Ucup That’s a really good idea.
@@MrAizatazmi It's like saying Thrones of Britannia is better than Attila. They are not the same.
I would pay $$ to play the Imjin war if it was available.
Thrones of britannia? "Be gone, spawn of satan."
@@MrAizatazmi Yes it's a good game, i agree with you, but CA were too lazy and they just give the game TW Saga in the title.
i love this imjin war story
Wonderful!
Really, really thx for the wonderful job!
At 15:31 Wanli should be in Beijing. Nanjing ceased to be the Ming Dynasty's capital since the 1420s.
@@Phokas963 That is correct. Yongle emperor Zhu Di moved capital to Beijing over a century before the Imjin war
Dustin Liu
KnG will never be better than us, the history nerds lol
Nice
"keep the drums beating"
I really like your channel and videos!! I wish I had these back in the 1960's! I was terrible at history! You are awesome!
Glad you like them!
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi decided that he wanted to conquer Korea with a view to conquering China, he crossed the line from every day villainy to cartoonish supervillainy.
The dispatches that he kept sending to the front lines regarding that planned invasion of china while the japanese starved and barely made any progress in korea show he was probably plain out of it by then.
They basically succeeded during WW2 untill they tried a suicidal struggle against the American Navy.
Daedalus it’s no more ridiculous than a leader of illiterate horse thieves in Mongolia named Temujin thinking he could unite the clans of Mongolia and then conquer China.
@@MrLoobu I think tying your entire army down in a giant country of millions of people all while trying to push to ANOTHER giant country of millions of people counts as suicide but sure, 'murica.
G J Resa Temujin had invented new tactics, the final invasion force of China numbered 900,000. Also there is no way the Japanese would have won against the Ming empire, who has more cannons and way better heavy Calvary. Also the Japanese would not have been able to cross Manchuria the Manchus were a tributary at this time just like Korea.
Admiral Yi: I'm about to end this whole nations career...
These videos are next levels. Love you content - super educational and inspiring to watch
Thanks!
0:45
sea of japan-(X)
East Sea or Donghae-(O)
Either way. The Germans call the Baltic Sea the “East Sea” and the Baltics call it the “Baltic Sea”. Shouldn’t be a major problem here
@@sakiamamiya908 It is illegal to put the name of a country in the name of the sea.
Sea of Japan is correct tho ;)
@@blyblyruffle2530 East Sea is correct you pig
한국이 공자왈맹자왈만 하다가 세상 물정 돌아가는거 모르고 고립돼있다가 일본이 먼저 이름을 등록해버린걸 누굴 탓하냐??
Q: What happens when two generals try to outdo each other?
A: Blitzkrieg!
best channel,best quality,best narrative, I applaud to this ! wish you all the best and lookin frwrd for more
Domo Arigato guys
Hyped to see your take on the dragon turtle ships!
Hideyoshi: And now I'm gonna conquer Korea and maybe China
Admiral Yi: I'm about to ruin this man's entire career
@@dandylion3783 朝鮮に負けた。それが結果でしょ。
@@jackirving7723 hahaha ... koreans believe that korea had beaten japanese army in this war.
in actuality, however, it was a mere truce, and the war was not completely settled.
toyotomi hideyoshi only ordered his troops to retreat temporally on strategic grounds. he was totally willing to reattack china (ming) at once after he turned around the deteriorating conditions, and reorganized his military force.
accordingly, ming had to keep on bewaring of the japanese army who were supposed to raid again
after their retreat, sooner or later.
indeed, "明史, 朝鮮伝" says,
"its been seven years since wa (＝japan) embarked in a war with joseon (＝korea). despite hundreds of thousands of casualty and million of silver spent, ming and its tributary had no chance of winning, but death of kanpaku (＝hideyoshi) resulted in the end of this misfortune." (自倭亂朝鮮七載，喪師數十萬，糜餉數百萬，中朝與屬國迄無勝算，至關白死而禍始息)
in the first place, this war was not between japan and korea at all, but the war between japan and china (＝ming dynasty). korea had been a faithful tributary nation, so their army was no more than "troops in stationed in support of the front line".
@@dandylion3783 than why did Japan lose?
@@dandylion3783 日本の教科書ですら、ちゃんと敗北を認めてるのに。そうやって一次資料を自分でいじくりまわす必要はないでしょ。言いたくなる気持ちはわかるけどさ。
@@dandylion3783 結局は日本軍の慢心が招いた結果なんじゃないの？戦力で圧倒的優勢だったのに艦隊に護衛つけなかったり、将官の独断・協力性の無さでいくらなんでも舐めすぎ、って感じがする。
Excellent work!!!! I could watch this channel all day!
I want to see more, Subbed! 이순신 was the man! 감사합니다 because of General Yi Sun shin (이순신) I moved to Korea and studied their culture, The Imjin War was Fascinating and yes the Korean Leadership was extremely Incompetent however many good Koreans would turn the tide. I cannot wait to see part 2
Good? Your bias is showing.
This Yin Sun Shin guy is most likely the greatest admiral who ever lived.
Lord Nelson but outside him I agree .
@@Phokas963 Lord Nelson won a battle much more critical to the history of the world. And should not have been victorious but that's why he's the goat
@@Phokas963 also i think sir Francis drake should be in among these aswell
Admiral Yi has no equal. Not even admiral Nelson.
In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out. It was a battle that resulted from the conflict over China between Russia and Japan. In 1905, Japan's Admiral Togo Heihachiro brought the war to an end in victory for the Japanese. After the war, a party was held to celebrate Japan's victory. At the party, a reporter asked Admiral Togo.
REPORTER: Admiral, would you compare yourself with England's Admiral Nelson, who destroyed Napoleon's fleet?
ADMIRAL TOGO: Am I so worthless as to be compared to Admiral Nelson? I destroyed the Russian Baltic fleet, the strongest navy in the world, with only one-third the number of ships in Nelson's fleet.
REPORTER: Pardon my error. You are an even greater naval general than Admiral Yi Sun-shin of Korea.
ADMIRAL TOGO: It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea's Yi Sun-shin, for he has no equal. Nelson and I both fought battles with full support from the government, but General Yi Sun-shin achieved victory without any government support. Compared to General Yi, I am but a petty officer.
@@Phokas963 exactly around the same time so in tearms of ship technology similar
Thanks for doing this one. Had been hoping for it on your channel.
"Whipping his men into shape and repairing infrastructure." HAHAHA! An Extra Credit reference there? 😂
Admiral Yi: I am gonna starve this army so badly that it will not think of step outside its island for 300 years
Been waiting for this for a long time thank you
Admiral Yi Sun Shin fought 23 naval engagements, all against the Japanese, and won all 23. Some of his most outstanding victories:
Battle of Hansan Island: 115 ships VS 55 (Yi)
Battle of Busan: 500 ships VS 166 (Yi)
Battle of Myeongnyang: 330 ships VS 13 (Yi)
In his 23 naval engagements, not a single Korean ship was sunk under his command.
“Those who seek death shall live. Those who seek to live will die”
-Admiral Yi Sun Shin, Battle of Myeongnyang
Admiral Togo, the Victor of the Battle of Tsushima Strait in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, when compared to Admiral Yi Sun-Shin and Horatio Lord Nelson, replied that while he could consider himself the equal of Nelson, he could not compare himself to Yi, for he had no equal.
@@Isildun9 The quote by Admiral Togo is actually not recorded anywhere. It was first made/used for "nae seon il che," Imperial Japan's propaganda to bring Japan and Korea closer during the occupation/colonization. (to japanese: see, korea has remarkable people too. To koreans: see you guys have people that the japanese admire). Following WW2 it's used in the Admiral Yi narrative as fact.
@@supa3ek The reason why there's 0 losses is because it's not true according to historical documents of the time. It's a great story but it's fiction based on history. The problem with Korean history is that everything pre WW2 is written in either Classical Chinese or Japanese. Unfortunately Koreans learning this stuff have no way to check sources due to the language barrier.
For example, in Yi's diary 乱中日記, it's recorded 賊船三十隻撞破 during the Battle of Myeongnyang. In his own words, he fought 30 ships. There's no mention of sinking them, nor casualty estimates. When you actually review the primary sources, it's 12-14 ships korea vs 30-120 japan, several ships sunk, Korea retreats, Japan makes landing in Korea meeting it's military objective.
About the same battle, 高山公實錄 appears to describe a battle that was fierce and many Japanese officers were killed. It does not say half of his men were killed. It says half of his subordinate officers were wounded or killed.
It matches with 毛利高棟文書, the entry 九月十八日付船手衆注進状 . The battle is recorded in great detail. Japanese people by name (officers) fighting, falling off boats etc. It was a battle from 6 am to 4pm that was fierce, where afterwards Korea fled. Its recorded that the Japanese Navy pursued the Koreans for 24-28 km but stopped because it was getting dark. In the 乱中日記 it’s recorded that they 移陣唐笥島 changed their base (retreat) following the battle. It’s a 37 km retreat from the battle. Another source is Gang Hang’s 看羊録. He was a Korean prisoner of war following the battle, captured by Todo, the author of 高山公實錄, and he recorded what he saw. In it he writes , 水路倭千餘艘已到右水營。統制使以衆寡不敵。遵海西上。Again, Korean forces being overwhelmed and retreating. I mean there's a reason why he was captured then. Its nice when the sources match up like this.
Japan fought, lost officers, pushed Admiral Yi to a retreat. As Yi retreated, they took prisoners. Again, they met their objective of pushing Yi’s navy back and securing their supply lines.
@@Isildun9 even though i am korean that is not true it's just a rumor
@Thiago Goulart That indeed is true he fought on the frontline himself in the admiral ship alone when the other 12 were afraid to do so and lingered behind. The great man had to confront the enemies for hours at a narrow sea channel and waited for the time when the tide changed, which made the Japanese ships lose control and stumble upon each other....
Some interesting facts :
Shin's cavalry was actually battle hardened heavy cavalry from north, which were fighting Jurchens.
The Chungju plain was wet and became mud like, significantly hampering cavalry's mobility, thus Shin's cavalry were helplessly crushed by Japanese musket infantry. of course him making suicide tactic with cavalry didn't help...
The southeastern province of Korea is surrounded by mountains, the only pass to the capital was to go through the extremely mountainous joryong pass to Chungju, where the battle with Shin happened.
Because of difficult terrain to Seoul, the Japanese supply line was very slow when later they proceeded to north of peninsula, thus making Admiral Yi's navy defending coastal supply line crucial for the entire war.
Holy shit how have i not see this channel yet? absolute amazing content, cant wait for the next ep
Joseon and Ming ships were ocean going like Europeans, but their tactics were better. They were primarily using cannon barrages and engaged over distance whereas Europeans at the time relied primarily on boarding. This changed later on when Europe surpassed the world.
That's not true at all, Portuguese ships were using line of battle tactics effectively for over a century at this point, for example when Vasco da Gama obliterated a far larger enemy fleet in Calicut in 1503. The Ming Chinese captured Portuguese cannons soon after they first made contact and sought to reproduce them since the European models were superior to their own.
Don't know where you learned these things. But this is 16century, no European ships equipped with cannons went with boarding tactics. The boarding tactic was rather a Japanese navy tactc. This was because Japan had never fully utilized and equipped its troops with European cannons except some very very rare circumstances. The naval fight was more of a extension of land battle as the only range weapon, they used matchlocks and handcannons, the exact equipment of land warfare. I'm not an expert, so don't know why they didn't utilize Portuguese cannons when they utilized their matchlocks. But obviously biggest difference and reason of defeat between Korean ships and Japanese was of artillery.
Literally just not true but okay
Hideyoshi and his daimyos: oh this should be an easy one, we just basically steamrolled the only legit enemy resistance! We see no way in which this meticulously planned invasion should go awry!
Yi Sun Shin: *i'm about to end this kampaku's whole career*
I know it's important for you to have sponsors as you're running a business after all, but in the meantime I do really enjoy these videos starting without a product plug in the short term! Hope you get sponsors back soon.
I guess all who watched Admiral Yi by Extra Credit cannot wait for the next episode. This story was so epic you cannot make it up.
Dude Extra Credit did an awesome job! And Yi Sun Shin is a badass mofo
the moment when you say koreans were unprepared, The legend "Yi Shun Shin" hit my mind
this is awesome !
Thanks!
Oh my, "Pertempuran Yang Mengubah Strategi" which is published by Elex Media Komputido really brought me here, which they also covers Japanese Invasion of Korea just like this video.
Itu buku manga ato novel gan?
@@hanselsihotang Buku gan, lumayan rebel halamannya
@@affandi99 sejenis ensiklopedia/buku sejarah gitu ya?
Gw kira novel ato manga, penerbitnya Elex MK sih😅.
@@hanselsihotang buku sejarah sih masuknya
People in the comment should remind Joseon didn't experienced full scaled battle for 200 years. Also her officials did expected the invasion, but majority considered as a piracy, as Japanese always do, not a total war with 160,000 soldiers strong.
Nooooo, now i have to wait the next episode :(. Hope you will release it soon , great work
Hideyosi’s base was Osaka, while Tokyo(Edo) was rural area but developed by Ieyasu, later.
It must be cirrected, first.
"And now I am going to invade Korea and hopefully China" he said. And failed. And also died.
Nice reference
There are theories Hideyoshi might have suffered from mental illness at that point.
@@stefanvas6984 I wouldnt be surprised. He was a peasant who became the most powerful man in Japan, but couldn't be shogun due to his birth.
He must of been consumed by delusions of grandeur and paranoia.
@@Vulpes89 And rage at the mythical and unsinkable Admiral Yi :D
@Nano92
The whole purpose invading Korea is to send those bloodthirsty backstabber daimyo to loot, murder, kill and HOPEFULLY DIE in the Korean invasion.1) thin the army of their clan
2) prevent rebel at home
3) Strengthen the power base close to home.
That’s Hideoyshi purpose
Can't wait for the next one!!
1:47 there is a mistake with that map there.
The Mongolians at that time had stopped claiming themselves the heir of "Yuan".
Hideyoshi started a war to not lose his position due to intrigue. Clever tatics by the sucessor of Nobunaga. Devious and brilliant.
So dope that you're covering these histories
Fun fact: Once the Ming agreed to intervene on behalf of Korea , a Jurchen chieftain Ming vassal named Nurhaci offered to send troops into Korea to help fight the Japanese. That same man would begin the conquest of the Ming years later and his descendants would found the Manchu Qing dynasty
would love to see that covered in this channel
About Nurhaci. Ming Chinese made the same mistake as Late Rome did. Relying too much on auxiliary forces to the point of making them overshadow the main army. For all the efforts Ming made to ensure Mongols won't rise again, they made sure their Manchu auxiliary became the new Mongols. I always wondered the thought process of Ming tolerating Nurhaci owning a 60,000 strong mounted "houscarls" covered in brigandine & mail (men and horses) and well trained in the use of lance, guns, and bows from horseback. The Qing Banner men's rebellion was all but a matter of time because they were capable of invading China, the Manchu, the land they had were not productive enough to sustaining Nurhaci's 60,000 strong elite cavalry forces even with the raids in Korea, and Nurhaci was not going to give up his power and military might without a fight.
@@pypy1986820 How would you rate Nurhaci and Aguda as commanders. Do they deserve to be called as top commanders of East Asia
Ravenpy Read Kenneth Swope the main cause of military decline amongst Ming wasn’t so much Jurchen strength as it was administrative collapse. While the Manchus were certainly powerful if it wasn’t for the huge amounts of corruption and infighting that stymied Ming resistance such as the execution of Yuan Chonghuan the Manchus could not have conquered China. Also massive rebellions form Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong really spread Ming forces thin especially since killing bandits was easy but truly rooting them out was hard and when a group of them crossed into another province they were someone else’s problem. Also the Manchus suffered heavy casualties from Ming cannons but Ming Arquebuses and small arms despite being some of the best in the world were ineffective in the field. Ming Shi states that most times Ming troops could only get one or at most two volleys before the Manchu cavalry came down on them.
Side note rant it should be noted the Ming military was not the dying machine unable to fight the Manchus we imagine it to be. The works of Swope once again postulates that the Ming actually underwent a military rennisance from the 1570s onward and I tend to agree. The works of Tonio Adrande have shown the Ming were not nearly as behind in gunpowder weaponry compared to Europe than we would like to imagine. From the days of Qi Jiguang onward the Ming adopted gunpowder weapons avidly with gunpowder volley fire actually being invented by Qi Jiguang. Ideally 30% of an army would be gunners. It was imo and Tonio Adrande the lack of warfare that led China to fall behind in gunpowder. It maintained relative partiy with Europe until the long peace came where there was no warfare in China proper for a long time leading to no new innovation. However under the Ming there was tremendous innovation with new cannons and Arquebuses designs being made in some cases that surpassed the rest of the world.
The real name of "Sea of Japan" was "Sea of Joseon" at that time by the most historical records from Japan and Korea.
The sea was never called "Sea of Japan" before
Korea-Japan Consolidation(1910). So "sea of Japan" is in this video clip totally wrong information.
Now officially North and South Korea government both prefer call this "Sea of East" than "Sea of Japan".
@@tomokinariyuki185 Even Japanese records state that it was the Sea of Joseon.
@@tomokinariyuki185 Wake up man. This is the true world not in video drama or manga. Research of your country's history. Your ancient kept invading Korea over several hundred times even Korea transmitted many of cultures to the Japan but Japanese never thank to the Korea. You know what Japanese character is from ancient Korea as Shinlla. If Shinlla didn't give the characters to the Japan, you don't have any characters but only Chinese characters you can use. Don't trust what your government says now they trying to hide the truth and true history of Korean and Japan. Look up your ancient's records not Korean's. They did left true history about Joseon and Japan until 2-300 yrs ago from now.
@Ryan Lajara You can find that most maps from Europe until earlier than 19centry says this "Sea of Joseon" or "Gulf of Corea" instead "Sea of Japan". That is shameful to the Japan. Japan invaded Joseon and older countries in Korea peninsula over several hundred times in history records you can find it when you open up the north east Asia's history books. They still want to start war to the Korea or China or Russia because that's why Abe(previous prime of Japan) wanted to amend the constitution from peaceful country with self defense only to can fight to other country with the order of king of Japan. Since after they had a army power Japanese started to convert name of the sea and insisted dokdo(small island in East sea and its belongs in Korea) is belong to the Japan. It is around after 1910.
Been waiting for ages
You're not kidding about the corruption troubling the Korean kingdom. This particular period in Korean history has some of the worst monarchs and officials.
They had one good monarch in the middle of two bad ones, but that one got deposed.
Ironically, king seonjo and joseon bureaucrats prepare for invasion. But they did not expect Japan's attack to be a full-scale invasion. Therefore, what the Joseon Kingdom prepared was only to stop the local war.
The Joseon kingdom was based on agricultural policy as a national policy, so it was impossible to prepare for war, and because of the Manchurian attack nine years ago, the Manchurian people were regarded as the main enemy.
Koreans easily to be divided because each individual clan thought its position higher other
@Benon Ma Forgive me correcting some of your points. 1. The factions named Northern, Western or something were not present prior to Joseon nor since the formation of the dynasty. They appeared after more than hundred years after Joseon was formed. 2. Although those parties were fighting each other to gain the power in the government, the throne itself was never the objective. 3. The parties of Joseon dynasty never possessed their private army. By the time Joseon's factions were present, having such private army was definitely impossible. There were private armies before Joseon was formed, but since Joseon dynasty itself was made possible by such private army, newly formed dynasty made a powerful and elaborate system to forestall the formation of private army. 4. The argument that the ruling factions fighting each other weakened the central government is partially right, in that the structure of Joseon government was intentionally designed to control the power of the king based on Confucianism.
King Seonjo was started off as a pretty good king and made a lot of reforms, but his judgement was clouded by a lot of his corrupt minister. That is why by the end of the war, he could not bear anymore and eventually let his son rule instead.
It would be nice if you could cover the Goguryeo-Tang wars soon
Eulji Mundeok, another famed Korean general
G-Twisted666
He fought the Sui. (His most famous battle involved damming a river then bursting the dam as the enemy crossed).
@@brrrrrtenjoyer
Yeah. It's actually Yeongaesomoon, another great general, although his "dictation" led to the division of Goguryeo after his death.
no one knows about the goguryeo-Tang and goguryeo-Sui war and yet its THE biggest war pre-WWI.
@@yrkim3018 Possibly the biggest in the first milenia, but definitely not the biggest war pre WW1
So.... still waiting for this awesome series!
They'll probably pump out more Roman stuff every other history group has covered.
@@LordTalax They are still doing it though, it seems like they have uploaded few hundred videos on the Romans. I think it's because of views they get from these videos. I think next video would be on How the Romans used to procreate?
Great video but a couple things
1) Romanization: You're using both the McCune-Reischauer
Romanization and the Revised Romanization systems for Korean. For example "Cheolla" is MR but "Busan" is RR. I think you should just stick to one. Jeolla/Busan or Cheolla/Pusan.
2) km/mile: Again you're using both km and mile in the same video. Stick to one.
Japan: There’s no way they can beat us. We have the advantage in every way.
Admiral Yi Shun Shin: am about to end this man’s whole career
Love the video. Small criticism - that’s not where Nagoya Castle (or Nagoya) is. Pretty sure that’s Fukuoka although there was a Hizen-Nagoya not far away
When the enemy casually pops out of the fog of war, I simply load a save file, because my entire army usually sits on the other end of the map.