Battle of Fengwudong

Battle of Fengwudong
Part of the Korean Independence Movement
Date June6-7, 1920 Location Fengwudong, Jílín, China Result Korean Victory
Belligerents
Imperial Japanese Army	Northern military administration office army, Korea independent army
Commanders and leaders
Yaskawa Jiro Nihimi Jiro	Hong Beom-do Choi Chin-dong Yi Heungsu An Mu Han Gyeong-se
Strength
490~500	about 1,200 ~1,300[1]
Casualties and losses
157killed and 300 wounded	13killed and 2 wounded

The Battle of Fengwudong (Hangul: 봉오동 전투; Hanja: 鳳梧洞戰鬪) was a battle between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in Manchuria, and was one of the earliest domestic support operations of the Korean independence forces. From June 6 to June 7, 1920, a confrontation occurred between a Korean independence militia of 1,300 under the command of Hong Beom-do (홍범도, 洪範圖) and Choi Chin-dong (최진동, 崔振東)^[2] and a Japanese suppression battalion consisting of 500 troops. It occurred during the campaign of the Japanese army in Jiandao, during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

Notes

1. ↑ 윤병석, 《간도역사의 연구》(국학자료원, 2006) 74
2. ↑ 윤병석, 《간도역사의 연구》(국학자료원, 2006) pp. 74

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