Beyond Turtleboats: Siege Accounts from Hideyoshi’s Second Invasion of Korea, 1597-1598
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasions, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, were perhaps the most traumatic events in the history of Korea. The war produced Korea’s greatest national hero, Admiral Yi Sunsin, and it remains prominent in Korean historical consciousness. While Admiral Yi’s exploits are well-documented in secondary literature, and rightly so, far less attention has thus far been accorded to other dimensions of the conflict, most notably the sieges that characterized most of the fighting during Hideyoshi’s truncated second invasion. Even though the allies were seldom able to dislodge or completely defeat the Japanese invaders, they managed to effect a military victory by virtue of preventing the Japanese from launching any offensives and wearing them down through process of attrition. This article examines various accounts of the sieges of the second Japanese invasion of Korea and discusses their tactical and strategic significance. It also considers these sieges within the larger context of early modern siegecraft in Europe.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasions, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, were perhaps the most traumatic events in the history of Korea. The war produced Korea’s greatest national hero, Admiral Yi Sunsin, and it remains prominent in Korean historical consciousness. While Admiral Yi’s exploits are well-documented in secondary literature, and rightly so, far less attention has thus far been accorded to other dimensions of the conflict, most notably the sieges that characterized most of the fighting during Hideyoshi’s truncated second invasion. Even though the allies were seldom able to dislodge or completely defeat the Japanese invaders, they managed to effect a military victory by virtue of preventing the Japanese from launching any offensives and wearing them down through process of attrition. This article examines various accounts of the sieges of the second Japanese invasion of Korea and discusses their tactical and strategic significance. It also considers these sieges within the larger context of early modern siegecraft in Europe.