Battle of Qingshanli

The Battle of Qingshanli(Korean: 청산리 전투, Japanese: 靑山里戰鬪) was a battle for the independence of Korea that took place in Manchuria. From October 21 to October 28, 1920, fighting happened between Kim Jwa-jin and Hong Pom-do, Lee Pom-seok's 4,000-strong Korean independence militia and a 30,000-strong Japanese suppression regiment.

Battle of Qingshanli
Part of the Korean Independence Movement
DateOctober 21–28, 1920
Location
Qīngshānlǐ, Jílín, China
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg Imperial Japanese Army Korea Northern military administration office army,
Korea Korea independent army
Commanders and leaders
Tomotake Takashima
Masahiko Azuma
Naoaki Isobayashi
Masuzō Kimura
Kim Jwa-jin
Lee Beom-seok
Hong Beom-do
An Mu
Strength
35,000 about 3,000[1][2][3]

References

  1. 박은봉, 《한국사 100 장면》 (가람기획, 1993) 312
  2. 윤병석, 《간도역사의 연구》(국학자료원, 2006) 111
  3. 이이화, 《이이화 선생님이 들려주는 이야기 한국사 2》 (파란하늘, 2008) 143

Bibliography

  • JACAR Ref.C03022770200, Chōsengun Shireibu (朝鮮軍司令部): Kantō shuppeishi (間島出兵史)
  • Sasaki Harutaka (佐々木春隆): Kankoku dokuritsu undōshi jō no "Seizanri taisen" kō (韓国独立運動史上の「青山里大戦」考), Gunji shigaku (軍事史学), Vol.15 No. 3, pp. 22–34, 1979.
  • Sasaki Harutaka (佐々木春隆): Chōsen sensō zenshi to shite no Kankoku dokuritsu undō no kenkyū (朝鮮戦争前史としての韓国独立運動の研究), 1985.