The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China 9780992078645, 9780992078621, 1960332333, 0992078628

In May of 1592, Japanese dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent a 158,800-man army of invasion from Kyushu to Pusan on Korea’s

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The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China
9780992078645, 9780992078621, 1960332333, 0992078628

The sacrifice of the "Glorious Glosters" in defense of the Imjin River line and the hilltop fights of Australi

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