The Shimonoseki campaign (Japanese: 下関戦争/馬関戦争, Hepburn: Shimonoseki Sensō/Bakan Sensō, "Shimonoseki War") was a series of military engagements in 1863...
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The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (Japanese:下関海戦, Shimonoseki Kaisen) was a naval engagement fought on July 16, 1863, by the United States Navy warship...
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William Henry Harrison Seeley (category British military personnel of the Shimonoseki campaign)
of Kagoshima and the Shimonoseki Campaign and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Shimonoseki Campaign, the highest award for...
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and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies in that war. The Shimonoseki Campaign after unrest over the shogunate's open-door policy to foreign trade...
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the Chōshū Domain was defeated by foreign allied forces in the Shimonoseki campaign, and the Satsuma Domain engaged the British forces in the Bombardment...
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Augustus Leopold Kuper (category British military personnel of the Shimonoseki campaign)
at the Shimonoseki Expedition, Japan, the action fought to reopen the Inland Sea and the Straits of Shimonoseki. His interpreter at Shimonoseki was Ernest...
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the Bakumatsu period of Japan. Formed in 1863 by Takasugi Shinsaku in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Kiheitai militia consisted of 300 men, who...
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Perry and his Black Ships (1853–54) Paraguay expedition (1858–9) Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Christie Affair (1861–1865) Shinmiyangyo in Korea (1871)...
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Pacific theater of World War II, the Corps took the lead in a massive campaign of amphibious warfare, advancing from island to island. As of 2022, the...
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where it was instrumental to the Allies' successful "island hopping" campaign. The U.S. Navy participated in many significant battles, including the...
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