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 | |||||||
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Part of the Korean Independence Movement | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Imperial Japanese Army |
Northern military administration office army, 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
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.