Battle of Qingshanli: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Battle Between1920 Korean Guerrillas and militia-Japanese Soldiers in Manchuriabattle}}

| conflict = Battle of Qingshanli

| partof = the [[Korean Independence Movement]]

| date = 21–26 October 1920

| place = Qīngshānlǐ, [[Jilin|Jílín]], [[Republic of China (1912-49)|China]]

| result= Both sides claim victory = Inconclusive

| combatant1 = {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]

| combatant2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.svg}} [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]]

| commander1 = {{Flagicon image|War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|size=23px}} Tomotake Takashima<br/>{{Flagicon image|War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|size=23px}} Masahiko Azuma<br/>{{Flagicon image|War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|size=23px}} Naoaki Isobayashi<br/>{{Flagicon image|War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|size=23px}} Masuzō Kimura

| commander2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.svg|size=23px}} [[Kim Jwa-jin]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.svg|size=23px}} [[Lee Beom-seok (Prime Minister)|Lee Beom-seok]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.svg|size=23px}} [[Hong Beom-do]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.svg|size=23px}} AnCho An-Mu

| strength1 = 30,000

| strength2 = About 3,000<ref>박은봉, 《한국사 100 장면》 (가람기획, 1993) 312</ref><ref>윤병석, 《간도역사의 연구》(국학자료원, 2006) 111</ref><ref>이이화, 《이이화 선생님이 들려주는 이야기 한국사 2》 (파란하늘, 2008) 143</ref>

| casualties1 = '''Japanese record:'''<ref name="donga">{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/020/0000322980?sid=103|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226162845/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/020/0000322980?sid=103|script-title=ko:“한국 독립운동 양대대첩 청산리-봉오동전투 과장”|language=ko|publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]]|date=9 November 2005|archive-date=2226 OctoberFebruary 20192023|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="report">陸軍第十九師團司令部　「間島事件鮮支人死傷者調」　大正十年二月二十五日</ref><br />11 killed<br>24 wounded<br>'''Korean claim:'''<ref name="donga"/><ref>[http://www.kimjwajin.org/kim/kim_war.php Memorial working club for Kim Jwa-jin]</ref><br>812~1,200 killed<br>3,300 wounded

'''Korean| record:'''casualties2 = 60 killed<ref name="donga"/><ref>[http://www.kimjwajin.org/kim/kim_war.php심상룡, Memorial《간도는 working우리 club영토다》 for(출판사 Kim의성당, Jwa-jin]2004)340</ref><br />812~1,200 killed<br>3,30090 wounded

The '''Battle of Qingshanli''' ({{Korean|hangul=청산리 전투|hanja=靑山里戰鬪}}) was fought over six days in October 1920 between the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] and [[Korea]]n armed groups in a densely wooded region of eastern [[Manchuria]] called Qīngshānlǐ ({{lang-ja|青山里}}, ''Seizanri''; {{lang-ko|청산리}}, ''Cheongsanri''). It occurred during the campaign of the Japanese army in [[Jiandao]], during the [[Japanese rule of Korea]] (1910–1945).

After the [[March 1st Movement]] of 1919 by Koreans calling for liberation from Japanese occupation, some Korean activists formed an independence army in Manchuria. The Japanese government asked China to subdue them but got no substantive result.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfnews.kr/coding/news.aspx/5/1/23444#.XcaLvO8zbDc|title=특별기고 - 3.1운동 100주년, 임시정부 수립 100주년 맞아 우리 민족의 혼을 찾아서}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sisajournal-e.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=205082|title=[임정100년과 독립운동가] 독립운동에 목숨 바친 형제 ‘최석순'최석순·최석준’최석준'|date=25 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sisajournal-e.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=199679|title=[임정100년과 독립운동가] 독립운동가 아내 이애라가 있었다|date=6 May 2019 }}</ref>

On 2 October 1920, the Independence Army raided Hun-ch'un and killed 13 Japanese including the commissioner of the consulate police. In response, Japan decided to send troops to eastern Manchuria. Japan immediately held talks with China, and on 16 October received permission for military action in eastern Jilin from the governor of Jilin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1VO3QMMCH9|title=[잊혀진 의인들] 刺殺·강간에 梟首까지…무차별 만행에 스러진 무명의 희생자|date=3 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kookbang.dema.mil.kr/newsWeb/20190703/1/BBSMSTR_000000100056/view.do|title=독립군에 대패한 일본군, 훈춘사건 빌미로 만주 침략}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002509943&CMPT_CD=P0010|title=국치 이래 독립군이 이룬 가장 빛나는 청산리대첩|date=9 February 2019 }}</ref>

[[Category:Battles of the Korean independence movement]]