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Although 430 years ago, the Imjin War is a deeply humiliating history for South and North Koreans. One of the reasons why South Korea is strengthening its defense capabilities and fostering the defense industry is that it will not be invaded like the Imjin War. In Sacheon, where Admiral Yi Sun-shin fought his first naval battle against the Japanese Navy, there is the headquarters and factory of KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries), a Korean aircraft manufacturer. It is the company that KAI exported the FA-50 to Poland, the standard for Western light attack aircraft.
Suggest you read the critique of Samuel Hawley's book from the Great Ming Military website, which contains a lot of examples in which historical sources were misused said book, ie claiming a source said there’s X amount of men when the source said no such thing. As at least some parts of the video seem to have came from Samuel Hawley either directly or indirectly.
Fianlly youre covering the Imjin waeran but my criticism is that it seems sort of a Japenese centric documentary. Why? Because you don't even mention some Korean commanders. You don't even mention Seoul was not called seoul but Hanseong. You didnt mention the korean sides diplomats and how because of their rivalry gave completely different accounts about the Japanese and why their mission was such a failure.
The tale of Admiral Yi is nothing short of superhuman, and yet at the same time a tragedy. Other men would have turned their back or defected after being treated the way he was. But he cared more for his nation than himself, even when the leadership of that nation betrayed him time and time again for their own selfish ambition. But he fought not for the government, but the nation itself. True patriotism.
In Sacheon, where Admiral Yi Sun-shin fought his first naval battle against the Japanese Navy, there is the headquarters and factory of KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries), a Korean aircraft manufacturer. It is the company that KAI exported the FA-50 to Poland, the standard for Western light attack aircraft.
One of the most amazing thing about Yi Sun Shin was that all his prior military experience prior to the Imjin War was in the army, and he only started studying naval warfare after he was appointed the commander in Cholla shortly before the war started. All his subsequent naval brilliance was self-taught.
Yeah and he was such a fucking genius that he designed his own ships which turned the tide of the naval war. It would be like Patton suddenly becoming an admiral and inventing the aircraft carrier xD
@@ravenblood1954 Yi didn’t design his own ships: the turtle ship was an earlier innovation he resurrected, and he left the design modifications necessary to one of his most able captains, Na Dae-yong (who actually sailed the turtle ship into battle at Sacheon and Hansando). What Yi DID do was invent a new naval doctrine focused much more heavily on gunnery and battleline engagements, the first officer in Asia (and one of the first naval officers in general) to do this. So it wouldn’t be like Patton switching to naval command and inventing the aircraft carrier; it would be like Patton switching to naval command and inventing the concept of carrier battlegroups and multiple-deck massed airstrikes.
I tend to think Yi's self-taught naval strategies after a stint in the army was probably what made Yi such a tremendous stand-out success. If he had been taught in the old naval ways due to being in the navy since his youth, he would've been more tied to the conventional ways of fighting naval battles, like his Japanese enemies. Outsiders at times have great success in a field--in this case a former soldier in naval strategy--because they can really think outside of the box and are not tied down to traditions and norms. I do wonder if there's been a very successful person the other way around--a former sailor who becomes a great general of land armies.
Admiral Togo, the Japanese admiral who won the decisive naval battle at the Tsushima straits was once compared to Yi and Nelson. Togo was taken aback by this and said: “It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea's Yi Sun-sin, for he has no equal.”
To add to Northie's comment, the full quote, for reference, is: "It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea's Yi Sun-shin, for he has no equal. Nelson and I both fought battles with full support from the government, but General Yi Sun-shin achieved victory without any government support. Compared to General Yi, I am but a petty officer." What happened was in 1905, Japan's Admiral Togo Heihachiro brought the war to an end in victory for the Japanese against the Russians. The victory granted tremendous amount of prestige and gaze from European powers. A part of it was that the Japanese studied and adopted Yi Sun-Shin's strategies. After the war, a party was held to celebrate Japan's victory. At the party, a reporter asked Admiral Togo the above. The source is that is usually cited is from Samuel Hawley "The Imjin War".
@@asdfghjjhgf No more than there is any proof of Yamamoto ever having said that they'd awoken a sleeping giant by attacking Pearl Harbour. He almost certainly *thought* something along those lines, as he knew, having lived in the US for several years between the wars, in just how deep trouble Japan was when they'd pissed America off like this, but he never actually *said* or wrote it.
I watched every second and was absolutely glued. What a part of history. I was like there's no freaking way 13 ships vs 100+ but daaaaaaaaaamn he was a oceanic GANGSTER!
Interesting fact: When Yi was dying he told to his son and his nephew: "We are going to win this war. Keep beating the drum. Do not announce my death". And then both his son and nephew took his armour and pretended they were the admiral and kept fighting. It wouldnt be until tge end of the battle that Yi's death would be known. The admiral had quite a life. He was mistreeated by corrupt officials, almost sentenced to death for being blamed and ended it as a hero to his people. He didnt see the end of the war but his legacy lives on as one of, if not, THE best admiral in history
there's a reason why he's among the most liked figures of the (korean) history which is shared with the likes of the King Sejong (Hangul), General Douglas MacArthur (Korean War)
He is definitely the best Admiral in terms of actual tangible achievements in known history. We will never know all human history, but from what we know he was the best in raw achievement.
@@DccAnh that logic is completely wrong. Most of human history is lost because either they failed to record it properly or the knowledge was destroyed by an outside source. Its not about greatness, its how its recorded and how its lost. Its arrogant to claim we know for a fact who was the best at anything since we don't actually have the information to prove that. Many cultures wrote on perishable goods (wood, early forms of paper, leather, etc.) ad many didn't write at all. Of those who wrote much of what they had is lost. The abbassids obsessively wrote down information even from other cultures, yet a large percent if not the majority of their writings were lost by the mongols burning their libraries. We can't possibly know who was the richest, smartest, best general, best admiral, or anything like that. As of recorded history we currently possess Admiral yi is the best, but we have no clue about who was objectively best ever.
'Diplomatic failures provoked Hideyoshi to launch a Second Invasion' That is an understatement. His Daimyo came up with a scheme to pretend the Ming were surrendering while also telling the Ming that Hideyoshi was acquiescing to their demands. It went so far as Hideyoshi wearing what he thought was a gifted 'Emperor's robe' but actually signified becominga 'Vassal King' under the Ming. This all came unglued when Hideyoshi's Monk(who could read the documents) told Hideyoshi their true meaning and Hideyoshi flew into a rage demanding blood.
This nearly came undone when the Ming diplomats and Hideyoshi met and both asked why the other one wasn't bowing to them. That required quick thinking (basically they said Hideyoshi was too old to bow and the Ming were too proud).
That 'Vassal King' under the Ming' is closer to the diplomatic Alliance. Traditionally, the Han-Chinese(漢族) dynasty couldn't control nearby nations as coercive domination, was failed to stop the emergence of a new country. Vassal King' under China(藩屬國) was just an honorary and formal title granting neighboring Countries as a condition for recognizing the Emperor of China. It is described as a 'fence of the Emperor(藩屛).
I spent a year in S. Korea in the U.S. Army. I regret not discovering Korea's rich and fascinating medieval period until later in life. The Koreans are a brave, and resourceful people and also one of the kindest and most hospitable I've encountered. Thank you for this very educational video.
@@pping0620so sad the once proud & unified country call as Korea had lost her dignity & becomes a slave to the yankee & the western barbarian & the most laughable & ungrateful thing is how they betraying the Chinese&Korean people's hundreds yrs of friendship by joining the Japanese & yankee to go against the Chinese by providing military base for the outsider west barbarian force to threatening China security & whole Asia..pathetic
@@pping0620 But you are wrong, united statians wronged Korea for their own imperialist hegemony and are applying 50 years of embargo on half the Korean population. You are a traitor of Korean ancestors for acting like a vassal and dog to the usa.
@wrecking6397 You say this as if it is negative???😅 I mean who doesn't like samurai??? AND MECHA!?!? Giant war robots are just objectively bas ass!! Though granted, first half of 1900s is.....🤔......um...... "controversial"? To say the least 😳
@@zachthompson9976 people who glorify unnecessary killing and warfare is not a negative? i never said i hated modern japanese stuff, but people who writes full on essays on glazing japan on a comment completely unrelated are stupid.
@wrecking6397 Yeah I agree. I meant my comment as a joke. Reading it back now I definitely understand why you took it as me being serious That's my bad
After the devastating defeat of Won Gyun, Joseon court planned to merge the remaining navy into the army. However, general Yi said to the king, "There are 12 battle ships left, the numbers are insufficient, but with this humble man still alive, enemy will not covet our seas." And comes the famous battle of Myeong yang, where general Yi defeated the 200 Japanese ships with 13 battle ships(one ship joined later). General Yi had lost his mother when he was demoted (his mother was 83 years old and was on the sail to meet her demoted son when she passed away on a ship). And general Yi's most beloved son died while fighting the Japanese forces. Such a shame that a man of such accomplishment and devotion had to go through all that personal tragedy...
Yeah, he pretended to be ok about his son's death in front of his men, but after went to the warehouse and cried alone. If it weren't for his diary, we wouldn't be able to see his human side.
The story of Admiral Yi is absolutely insane, and we'd all believe it to be a story of fiction if it weren't for corroborated reports from Korea's enemy in this conflict, Japan. Furthermore, the accounts from the Chinese side are glowing as well. This was an uncommon man, put squarely in position, by sheer chance or divine intervention, to save a people and their nation. Just incredible.
When Yi was taking his military exams it includes a horsemanship test. He managed to fall from his horse and broke his leg. Rather than give up he splinted his own leg with a tree branch and continued. He still failed but he passed the next year. Shows what kind of man he was
Amazingly he had the same fate as nelson. Nelson was shot by a sharpshooter. Yi died the same way. Is this just coincidence, or are great admirals supposed to die this way?
@@morningcalmrisingsun This video makes little reference to the records on the Japanese side, and I'm surprised that Yi's rating is so high. The reason for Japan's defeat in this war was the lack of military strength and the high number of deaths from disease.
@@aa-rq9qdop trying to downplay Yi’s accomplishments. In doing so you’re diminishing the nation of Japan you admire so much (whom he crushed, twice). Yi was a gargantuan of a man, recognized by all sides as one of the greatest in history. Cope.
Rarely comment on youtube, but this was one of the most interesting and exciting videos you have ever uploaded. With each passing video your team seem to get better and better with the research you do and the cinematic presentation of history. Honestly, hats off to all involved! Keep em coming.
@@williamrobert9898 i know i know, sweeping statement, top 25 or 50 then haha. Hard one to say. Not exactly better than those that i mentioned, but definietly up there 😆
@@billzaruss7752 Nah he surpass them, alexander is overrated, caesar got assassinated and die like an idiot while napoleon only know how to fight on land with support from advance artillery, Yi would destroy them all.
In the book that Admiral Lee Sun-sin wrote during the war, he praised his subordinates for even the smallest details, but there was not a single compliment to himself.
I used to have lunch sat by the statue of Yi Sun Sin in Gwanghwamun square and wonder how I'd never heard of him before I moved to Korea. I'm so glad he gets love from your channel because his is one of the most incredible stories in military history.
People need to know that YI had no support from his country. He raised money himself, built the ships himself, made the first musket for korea, made the first ironclad turtleship, fed his people from starvation and saved korea from Japan. He is a Saint of saints in Korea along with King Sejong
@@edwardkim2579 This is basic Korean history. The usage of turtle ships started to deal with the Jurchen pirates. And during the 1400s, there are numerous Joseon records of using Turtle ships as well.
As a half black half korean, growing up I had no heroes to loom upon. Hearing of this korean "God of War" who had never had naval training, who was betrayed by his own and they only thing he lost after numerous total victories was his own life. Not a single ship. Now I have heard many say admiral nelson is the greatest but wow. Yi had the better ships ok ill give u that. But lets look at the facts. The man was so feared that his enemies. The FEARED JAPANESE SAMURAI dubbed him the GOD OF WAR. Even after his was betrayed cuz of haters, his entire fleet basically gone but 13 ships due to the man who replaced him, he still returned to his duty after years of torture just to prove to the world one last time that he was, is and will always be fhe GREATEST ADMIRAL, no F that, the greatest leader who ever lived. Fact.
I just wanted your team to know how much I enjoyed the little details sprinkled throughout this video. Your channel never takes sides and seem to clear up many issues I have found hard to resolve, like the naval battles and the statistics from them. Thank you so much for making worthwhile content.
Admiral Yi is one of the greatest millitary minds of all time. He makes Nelson look like a first year in the Naval academy. While his life may have been a tragedy in many ways at the end he wins over those who wronged for he is remembered today as one of the greatest admirals of all time, Saviour of Korea and Marshal lord of Loyalty.
@@goognamgoognw6637 The story of Yi Sun-shin is well known in Korea. But he is barely mentioned in Chinese and Japanese history books. Because his story is meaningful only to Koreans, it has no effect on the outcome of the war. Although the main war was fought on the Korean Peninsula, it was actually fought by China and Japan. In the same way, the Korean War of the 1950s was fought on the Korean Peninsula, and the North and South Koreans still did not decide whether the war would be won or lost. So I agree with the Koreans that they didn't lose the Korean War, because with or without them, it doesn't matter.
Literal nonsense. Nelson was fighting other advanced navies with advanced canons and extremely skilled professional sailors, and still repeatedly won despite the odds. Admiral Yi was fighting literal makeshift fishing boats rigged into a ramshackle navy.. The Japanese had no actual navy. Their entire fleet barring like 4 ships, were merchant and fishing boats rigged to carry soldiers. Almost none even had any canon’s. The Koreans had an actual navy with western canons. Claiming admiral Yi “made Nelson look like a first year student” is just objectively nonsense. Yi has every advantage. The Japanese had no canons except for in 1 engagement and even then it was only on 2 ships. The Japanese relied on the simple tactic of swarming Korean ships until they could physically board them and engage in melee where they had an advantage. All any Korean admiral has to do was use their superior and faster ships to avoid coming into physical contact with the Japanese fishing boats, and light them up with their plentiful canons. The Japanese would be totally helpless. And were. which is what admiral Yi did. Admiral Nelson was not fighting a vastly inferior force (technologically). He was engaging other extremely well armed advanced warships. Admiral Nelson’s victories were objectively far more impressive. Genuinely Not trying to take away from Yi, although I am. He was a talented admiral and general. But it’s just rubbish to try and claim he was superior to Nelson. It’s just a weird cope non-whites and self-hating whites do, because they think that claiming random non-whites “make [insert famous and extremely skilled white person who defined an entire theory of warfare or technology/sciences] look like a first year student!! Haha!”. It’s always nonsense in my experience.
@@nikolasdemoulin8093I remember my history teacher saying that Nelson was gay, but he was good at fighting on the sea. Yes, I agree with you. I mean, this Chinese general is no match for Nelson.😂😂
1:25:50 When the admiral was minutes before passing away, he told his navy officers not to tell the soldiers that he was dead in order to keep the fighting spirit among his men.
Hideyoshi had united Japan, but he was surrounded by samurai armies which had swelled in number over the years of Japan's internal conflicts. They needed to be culled in order to ensure stability of the realm. Not willing to give up their swords he sent them to Korea. Many minor and great clans were extinguished as their leaders and men fell on the battlefield. Those that did not die in battle found themselves accused for cowardice or punished for failure in the Korea campaign. Often ending with them losing their heads and their estates being confiscated by Hideyoshi.
It's funny how many parallels there were between the Japanese an Europeans. Europe had too many knights fighting one another in never ending wars and skirmishes so they got sent to the crusades. Japan had too many samurai who'd run out of battles to fight so they got sent to Korea. I'd be willing to bet as smart as Hideyoshi was he knew they had little chance of actually taking Korea once the Chinese came (China was viewed as nearly unbeatable at the time and many times larger ajd more wealthy than Japan, it would be like Canada going to war with the US) so they were likely sent as a "hail Mary". Either they'd get lucky and take part of Korea, or more likely all the samurai would expend their lives and/or bloodlust fighting in Korea leaving far fewer skilled soldiers available to plot rebellions or coups.
That makes very little sense. Hideyoshi's ambition at the first invasion was the toppling of the Ming. He wasn't fully wrong. The Ming military had plenty of issues, but not quite enough yet they would be toppled.
@@JayFLee1 it made sense, while he wants to topple the ming, a lot of clans still have bad blood with each other and who know when or where another civil war may happen, so win or loose in his expedition abroad he will still have last laugh against all the Daimyos he sent, in the end he succeeded in what he wanted
@@ekulerudamuru if weakening rival clans was a major part of why he invaded, Hideyoshi fucked up since the majority of the invading armies were Toyotomi vassals. As in they were daimyo because of Hideyoshi rather than clans whose power and existence predated his rise. Granted the invasion being from Kyushu meant the Western clans got dibs, but if it was meant to weaken his rivals then where are the Date and Tokugawa?
@@arthas640 you are right, otherwise, China of Eastern Zhou Dynasty looks like Wetsrn Europe, but not very well-known, there are different Warring State, the king of Zhou is like the Pope, venerated by without real military power, especially the State of Qin has such similarities better with Prussia, at that tike, China was feodal too, with aristocrat warruor class, but once China is united, it looks like Roman Empire and not Medieval Europe anymore,
Indeed, Korean history deserves more exposure and recognition outside of the Korean War. The Korean War was indeed one of the most important events in Korean history that placed it in the greater international conflict, but it certainly is not the only conflict to do so. Imjin War is another such event.
Up to now I still remember replaying the older version of this always loved to watch it whenever I get bored and now it's updated version shows how much has changed in kings and generals.
Is this all a compilation of older videos or they changed the content itself?I remember watching some about this and the Byzantines but I'm pretty sure they are not the exact same ones
Absolutely incredible video. One of the best I've ever seen, on any topic. Great attention to detail and clear visualisation of events. And they even got the pronunciation of the Chinese names right, which is super rare
Yi Sun Shin's statue is in the middle of Seoul, right in front of King Sejong's statue and GyeongBok-gung palace. A famous monument that symbolizes downtown Seoul, and he absolutely deserves that spot.
Isn't there a subway station named after Admiral Yi? Is the subway station next to this statue--I've seen pics of it on the internet--in central Seoul? I live in NYC and I don't know if any subway station is named after a great American military hero, not even George Washington. Washington D.C.'s subway stations are--there are two named after this admiral who was successful in the U.S. Civil War--Farragut. But I do know that in Mexico City, that subway system has a lot of stations named after national heroes. I stayed near the "Insurgentes" station the last time I was in Mexico City. "Insurgentes" commemorated the teen-boy "insurgents" of the Mexican military academy who fought tooth and nail against the invading U.S. army entering Mexico City during the Mexican-American War of 1848.
@@Luboman411 I don't think there is a subway station named after Admiral Yi, but there is a road named 'Chung-mu ro' which was named after him. Admiral Yi is often referred to as Chung-mu gong and the road is nearby his birthplace in Seoul. And there is a warship named after him, too.
It's only after his death they would make him a national hero. If he was still alive, the court would probly demote him again and would never tell his story, as other court officials would see him a continue political threat to the status quo.
You know, I didn't realize just how practical Sun Tzu's art of war was until you see it played out in conflict. Turns out levelheadedness aswell as compassion for fellow humans make ideal commanders
Li Rusong deliberately left a gap in the encirclement circle, because Sun Tzu said in the art of war that the enemy should not be cornered, because it would make the enemy resist crazily. Only by leaving a way to survive will the enemy's will collapse
People meme on Sun Tzu's or for that matter Von Clausewitz "On War' because the advise they seem is so often blatantly obvious. However, that does not diminish the validity of their assesments. Yi Sun Sin won many of his battles because he was a master of the advise Sun Tzu offers in his infamous work. Yi understood his enemy perfectly, knew his own ships in and out and never let the enemy dictate the terms of engagement. Thus that which seemed impossible ( Victory over Japan) suddenly became reality.
@@reaperking2121 War seems easy on paper but is actually very difficult in reality, that's why people make light of Master Sun's and Von Clausewitz's works. By the way, Von Clausewitz's work is more of a philosophical theoretical approach to warfare rather than a handbook on tactics and strategy.
As an Englisman, with a vast number of naval leaders, I rank him at the top by far. Drake, Cook, Nelson, Roberts were all fantastic, but Yi was a superman.
Even if You lived in Japan for a long time, he would not know that the first emperor of Japan was a descendant of the royal family of Baekje, one of the countries on the Korean Peninsula, because it is taboo in Japan. As someone who studies East Asian history, I would like to briefly explain the relationship between Japan and Korea. Japan was a blessed island nation that accepted many cultures from China (mainly the Tang Dynasty) and the Korean Peninsula (mainly Baekje and Gaya) and was not invaded by continental powers.Even the only Mongol invasion failed by storm ("kamikaze" as the Japanese call it).Historically, Korea people fought many great wars in which hundreds of thousands or millions of troops invaded, but the targets were northern people groups such as the Sui, Tang, Khitan, Qing, and Mongols, and were generally friendly to the Chinese dynasties of Song and Ming etc... Japan's a bit more complicated, although there have been hundreds of small raids along the eastern seaboard by Japanese pirates called Waku. Afterwards, there was a great invasion by Yamato's toyotomi unified shogunate with hundreds of thousands of regular troops, and the background to the Seven Years' War, which was called the Yamato rebellion, was that the carelessness and arrogance of Joseon (Korea), which enjoyed only peace and culture for 200 years, treated Yamato (Japan) as a barbaric pirate group rather than a country. However, Yamato had a high level of tactics through clan battles for 100 years, and the 170,000 troops of Toyotomi, who unified the whole country, armed with Portuguese matchlocks and attacked Joseon. Historically, Japan has waged a surprise war without a declaration of war.The 16,000 Elite heavy cavalry that Joseon was proud of, which had suppressed the cruel northern peoples, was defeated by the Yamato Matchlock unit, and 70, 000 Joseon Army was pushed back all the way to Pyongyang. Yamato, which was a medieval feudal lord era, gained land and people if it won a war, but in Joseon, which was a centralized country, the king fled to the north, but the people and monks formed a militia and fought to the end , the Japanese army was embarrassed by the existence of the Militia.Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Joseon defeated the Japanese navy by winning all 33 naval battles despite overwhelming odds. The basic weapons of the Joseon army were bows, spears, and swords, as well as gunpowder bombs and various cannons of different sizes..The Ming Dynasty (China) sent reinforcements to help Joseon, but instead harassed Joseon by plundering and engaging in internal communication with Japan, but helped Yi Sun sin in the final naval battle.Yamato, who did not have the technology to make pottery, Taken in hundreds of Joseon pottery craftsmen to make pottery and exported the pottery to Europe, where it received favorable reviews. Joseon was unable to recover from the aftereffects of this war for 400 years and suffered the humiliation of being annexed by Japan, which it regarded as an uncivilized island, and being ruled for 35 years. This Great War was a symbolic event in which the international status of the Korean Peninsula with 4,800 years of history was reversed by the Japanese archipelago with 1,800 years of history. 300 years later, Joseon became a reclusive country with a policy of isolation, and Japan defeated the Russian fleet through the strategy of Yi Sun-sin, the great naval admiral of the country it invaded 400 years ago, and later joined the ranks of the great powers. Yi Sun sin's the world's top 3 naval admiral and the turtle ship is an invincible Korean Item in the Age of Empires PC Games.
If this was fiction it would be deemed unrealistically stupid that Admiral Yi was ever backstabbed, especially considering the sheer brutality of defeat suffered to the Japanese. For that matter, his feats would seem equally impossible. I'm usually weary about hero worship but in his case it appears to be absolutely justified. What a legend.
His character, intellect, demeanor and appearance though unknown must have called for great respect. A lot of luck is nowhere enough to accomplish what he did. He must have been able to unify men and create diligence and trust among them naturally. Whereas Japanese where like loose packs of dogs hating each other. I bow to Yi Shun Shin even 20 centuries later. He must have been a very inspiring example for all the men under his command.
Put yourself into Yi's shoes: The selfish and incompetent boss (King Seonjo), jealous and unqualified coworkers who makes things worse (Won Kyun), all his subordinates inexperienced and cowardish, and your job is to fight against 10 times the numbers of invaders who are battle-hardened veterans with full support and advanced firearms.
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19 "The Japan made peace with Ming" - ROTFL, pretty words for naming an utter strategic failure of japs. Yes, Japan lost the war, deal with it. No of Hideyoshi's war aims were reached. Nice job with sacrificing your 80k soldiers for nothing. And boasting your silver military spending that gain zero political returns even for hideyoushi's family. At least Koreans lost their soldiers to suceed in getting rid of Japanese out of Korea, the same cannot be said about Japs who lost there their lives for gaijins making fun of them few centuries later. ROTFL, thank got that allied didn't allow Japan any more lenient terms in WW2, because if they did, guys like you would spew some BS of "how much japs were the victors, cause the allied lost gazzilion chinese and quadrilion indians, baka gaijin!".
If you ever down on yourself and think you're bad at something, just remember you're not nearly as incompetent as those responsible for Korea's defense early in this war.
The Govenor of Busan at the initial stage of the Japanese invasion said 'Are they coming to pay tributes?" lol that's how much the Koreans were used to peace time (nearly 200 years without any conflict) and have been looking down on Japan. Boy was he so wrong.
@lume7920 No it's because Japan really wasn't a world power back then. Due to the constant state of civil war, the only real interactions with Japan were pirates. Obviously if all you encounter are Japanese pirates, you're just going to associate Japan with pirates. Korea meanwhile not only beat back the Sui dynasty's invasion but also managed to be one of the few countries that forced the Mongols into a peace treaty rather than be outright sacked and conquered. They honestly had every right to be arrogant, they beat back the (at the time) most powerful country on Earth and held back another (at the time) most powerful country on Earth so well they managed to form an alliance on their own terms. Compared to that a civil war torn island to the east that's been the reason for pirate raids existing is going to seem barbaric and uncivilized. Japan just had the fortune (or misfortune depending on how you look at it) of being forced onto the world stage by the US right when the world powers were forming while Korea just continued being an isolationist nation.
From this war, the biggest beneficiary was the Manchus. After this war both Ming and Chosun were too weak to fight off Manchu invasion and Japan was isolated for over 200 years. BTW, Admiral Yi is taught at U.S. Naval Academy.
The Manchus are a fighting people. According to Korean records, five Japanese samurai were equal to one Manchurian warrior(Cause they've been fighting two peoples). Nurhaci's troops were armed with very heavy armor and even fended off Joseon and Ming muskets. In the Battle of Sarhu, the size of the Joseon and Ming forces was much greater, but the result of the battle was disastrous.
@@primarch02 일본군이 쳐들어 오기 전에는 한국군이 이 만주로 넘어가 수시로 주르첸 인들을 학살 했었다. 그들은 용맹하지만 무적은 아니었다 그들이 뭉쳤을때는 강하지만 부족 단위로 있을때는 한국과 중국인 몽골인에게 학살 당하는 약한 존재 였다 많은 기간동안 한국에 복속된 주르첸 부족과 명나라에 복속된 부족이 있었다. 한국과 일본이 전투할때 주르첸 부족이 이 한국의 북쪽을 침략 하였는데 그걸 기억하고 있다가 임진왜란이 끝난후에 한국군이 만주로 넘어가 노토 주르첸 부족을 학살하였다. 그들은 2번의 제국을 세웠지만 첫번째 제국을 세우려 할때 고려군 17만이 먼저 만주 까지 쳐들어 갔음 그들은 고려와 화친을 한후 키탄제국과 송나라 를 멸망시켰지만 고려는 침략 하지 않았음
@@egoamigo-1377 Well, they were in fact honorable. Except for the minor drawback that their idea of honor was collecting as many heads as possible, committing suicide rather than surrendering, and cutting open their own stomachs with a dagger if their honor was damaged, I'd say they were as honorable as pop culture tells us.
There are really really few men who changed history by their own. Admiral YI was one of that few men. He changed not only result of war but also fate of nations. Until today, his statue stands at center of Seoul.
It's not often talked about, but their main battle ships were the major factors in winning all of his naval battles. Panoksuns were vastly heavier and much taller, equipped with cannons because Korean naval warfare favoured ranged battles, whereas the Japanese ships were designed to be narrow and fast as they favoured boarding on the enemy ships and fight in melee. This enabled vastly outnumbered Korean naval soldiers to shoot and sink Japanese ships even before they could shoot their guns. When the wind and current favoured Koreans, they could simply ram into enemy ships while firing cannons point blank and there wasn't much Japanese navy could do. In a way, this naval doctrine, and the way they constructed their ships helped General Yi to save Korea from the Japanese. If Japanese had arquebus vs Korea's bows, Korea had Panoksuns vs Japanese battleships.
@@alexw8758 That's also a lie. Korean ships were built like rubber boats without keels, so they had poor straightness and were slow. The Korean cannons captured by the Japanese army are still stored in Japan, but when you look at them, you can see that their manufacturing precision and accuracy were low. Rapid fire was also impossible. The only effective weapon Joseon had was a flaming arrow. Furthermore, there is no evidence that the Turtle Ship was completed. Of course, there is no record of them fighting against the Japanese army.
@user-ib8ei5vo6v In 1820, Japan was estimated at $20.7 billion, Britain at $36.2 billion, the Netherlands at $4.3 billion, Spain at $12.3 billion, Portugal at $3 billion, and the United States at $12.5 billion.
I had never even heard of of this war until about two years ago when I saw a book on it in the library. I was like wtf is this crap, and I spent literally all night reading that damn book. It was like a medieval DDAY on Juno beach. And that Korean admiral winning battles, getting sent to jail for being popular from winning too many battles and being asked to win more battles was like something out of a corny movie. And this was all real life. I was amazed.
@@khal7702 Nah, Korean history class doesn't really dig into the detail of actual historical events very much. It's more or less state propaganda best suited for brainwashing people.
@@khal7702 As someone deeply involved in history and almost done with highschool, never have I ever seen at least the (American) education system mention anything in detail like this. Infact, the lack of stories like this one being told in education is the REASON why people sleep/dont read in History class.
@@khal7702 I do have exams in school. Listening to history class is one of the easiest ways to get a good score. You just need to memorize it after class.
Yi Sun Shin's tactics are beautiful and using the elitest mindset of the Japanese warrior caste just perfect. Hail Kings and Generals long may they reign
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19퇴각하는 일본 장군을 기습한 것이 아니라 이순신 장군은 조선을 파괴한 일본인들이 멀쩡히 일본으로 돌아가는것을 원하지 않았다.그리고 일본으로 돌아가려는 부대들중 한 큰 부대를 포위했다.그들에게 복구하기 위해.하지만 포위당한 일본 장군은 명나라 장군에게 뇌물을 받치고 아직 일본으로 돌아가지 않은 다른 일본 부대에 구조 요청을 보냈다.구조 요청을 받은 일본 장군은 이순신이 있는 곳으로 출전했고,이순신은 이 정보를 미리 입수하고 유리한 위치를 선점해 일본군과 전투했다.포위가 풀린 틈을 타서 구조요청을 보낸 일본 장군은 부대를 이끌고 다른 일본군과 함께 싸우지 않고 일본으로 도망쳤다.그리고 이순신은 이 전투에서 사망하면서 "아직 전투 중이니 나의 죽음을 알리지 말아라"라는 유언을 남기고 전사했다.그 전투에서 군사들은 이순신이 죽은 줄도 모르고 전투해서 승리했다.그 외에 무능한 조선 장군들이 일본군에게 패배할 동안 일본군을 상대로 한번도 지지 않으며 일본군의 군사력을 분산 시키고 보급을 지연시켰다.그렇기 때문에 이순신은 한국의 영웅으로 칭송 받고 있다.당신은 마지막 전투 밖에 모른다.알고 있는 전투 내용도 왜곡되어 있다.
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19그리고 한국에 고조선이라는 고대 국가가 세워지고 멸망하고 고구려,벡제,신라가 건국될때까지 일본에는 국가가 등장하지 않았다.그 당시 일본은 한국보다 미개했다.그리고 발해가 멸망하기 전까지 일본의 땅은 한국보다 작았다.그리고 한국은 중국이 가까이 있어서 잦은 충돌로 인해 영토를 넓히기 어려웠지만 일본은 섬나라이기 때문에 일본 안에서 서로 싸우며 역사를 이어갔다.조선과 임진왜란이라는 전쟁을 하기 전까지 일본은 대륙의 적과 싸운적이 없었다.몽골과 싸웠다고 할 수 있겠지만 태풍이 없었다면 일본은 어떻게 되었을까?그들은 일본보다 강한 중국도 막지 못한 몽골군이었다.
If it had been the spirit of the Japanese elite warriors, they would have immediately armed themselves, led their men, staged a coup, killed the king, killed all the king's vassals, and become the king themselves, or made the king a puppet and seized all power. It is true that the Japanese elite warriors showed high ability in tactics, force, and trickery, but they lacked patriotism and loyalty to protect the people, and it is impossible to compare them with Yi Sun-sin
Yi Shun Shi one of the heroes that even you aren't Korean was still proud how this General stood up against the odd with his strong and disciplined soldiers.
Thank you guys for another excellently informative episode. These videos are fantastic. Just trying to imagine leading 13 ships up against hundreds is crazy. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
there is also the battle of Baekgang around 660s featuring Korea, China and Japan that featured naval battles, probably the first major conflict involving these parties.
"They didn't just burn their weapons and supplies, but also scuppered their fleet." That's not your average every day incompetence... thats _advanced incompetence_
It's not often talked about, but their main battle ships were the major factors in winning all of his naval battles. Panoksuns were vastly heavier and much taller, equipped with cannons because Korean naval warfare favoured ranged battles, whereas the Japanese ships were designed to be narrow and fast as they favoured boarding on the enemy ships and fight in melee. This enabled vastly outnumbered Korean naval soldiers to shoot and sink Japanese ships even before they could shoot their guns. When the wind and current favoured Koreans, they could simply ram into enemy ships while firing cannons point blank and there wasn't much Japanese navy could do. In a way, this naval doctrine, and the way they constructed their ships helped General Yi to save Korea from the Japanese. If Japanese had arquebus vs Korea's bows, Korea had Panoksuns vs Japanese battleships.
Admiral Yi is one of my favourite people from history. He was an absolute BA, who fought for the freedom and well-being of his country. All this despite the fact that the government tortured him, due to jealousy. I lived in Korea for a year and one of my favourite experiences was seeing his famous turtle ship in Yeosu.
@@stereomachine yeah man, I also really like the light canopy they had designed when I was there. I was also able to try “San-nakji” for the first time in Yeosu which was also an incredible experience. I love Korea and I can’t wait to go back.
@@Meowmento here’s a non comprehensive list: - George Washington - Augustine - Thomas Aquinas - John Calvin - Cincinnatus - Friederich Hayek - Winston Churchill - Rene Descartes - Calvin Coolidge - Miyamoto Musashi - Admiral Yi - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Cato the Elder - Marcus Aurelius - Seneca - Cicero - Plato - Soren Kierkegaard - Abraham Kuyper - John Locke - Boethius - The Apostle Paul - Marie Curie - Dante Alighieri - Desiderius Erasmus - Leonidas - Anselm of Canterbury - Ernest Hemingway - El Cid - Jan Zizka - William Tyndale - Judas Macabees - Thomas Sowell - Immanuel Kant - Sun Tzu - Carl von Clausewitz - Alfred the Great - Charlemagne - Leif Erikson - Simo Hayha - J.R.R. Tolkien - C.S. Lewis - Adam Smith - Jonathan Edwards - Homer - Josephus - Charles Martel - Michael Faraday - Martin Luther - Blaise Pascal - Nicola Tesla - Theodore Roosevelt - Otto von Bismarck - Frederick Douglas - Milton Friedman - Ludwig von Mises - Justinian - William Blackstone - Edward Coke They weren’t perfect, but I have a lot of respect for the lives they lived. There’s a lot that can be gained from their insights.
Currently, there is no data to know the exact design of the Turtle Ship. What you see in Yeosu is an estimate, not a replica of the actual Turtle Ship.
Admiral Horatio Nelson, the one who defeated the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar and crushed Napoleon's maritime ambitions, thought only a few men in history were the perfect warrior-leaders after which he modeled himself. There was, of course, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. But Nelson had also read about Admiral Yi and included Yi in his estimations. Books in French/Italian about Korea and Admiral Yi had been translated to English throughout the late 1700s and were housed in the British Museum's library. This had included excerpts from "The Book of Corrections" or "Jingbirok" written in the late 1500s about the Imjin War. Korean books, in turn, had ended up in Europe starting in the late 1600s thanks to Italian Jesuit missions to China--which included Jesuit embassies to Korea and its court. A few Korean books had also made it to Europe via the tiny amount of Dutch trade with Korea. I tend to think that Nelson's cunning with his fleet at Trafalgar and other battles was inspired by what he read about Admiral Yi's numerous accomplishments during the Imjin War.
@user-ib8ei5vo6v When you are stupid but don't realize you are stupid.... you must be one of those old sad lonely Japanese that has nothing to do lmao.
Yi Sun Shin is that guy who does the hardest difficulty with cheating ai on whilst installing mods that further hinders him challenge and wins without taking damage except in the very last boss where a glitch causes him to take damage.
@user-ib8ei5vo6vchina always loses a lot of soldiers in war and they don’t care, they only care about the defense of their land, the main purpose of this war was japans ambitions into making korea a vassal as it already was to china and conquering china, japan has always hated china and this was first attempt they tried to invade china through korea and they failed
1:18:18 There's no proof that Admiral Yi had the makeshift Turtle ships during Myung ryang battle. Since all the Turtle ships were destroyed during Chilchunrang battle, he had to fight 300 Japanese ships with only 13 Panoksuns.
Its actually pretty unclear how much ships he had and how much the Japanese (where we have no first hand accounts or reports) but indeed everyone in Japan also agreed that it was an amazingly huge victory
If I remember correctly, they were in the middle of constructing turtle ships but could not finish for some reason. They sailed to battle with panoksuns.
10:08 The reason why the navy of Gyeongsang-do did not engage in naval battles(At the time, there were two naval headquarters in Gyeongsang-do, and the area that was first attacked was under the jurisdiction of another general, not Won Gyun.) was that there was not enough time to mobilize the ships at each base due to the technology of the times. Although some forces were concentrated in Busan due to intelligence just before the war, due to the war that started abruptly, the naval command in Gyeongsang-do could not overcome the overwhelming difference in power between ships and grounded the ship, continuing the battle on land. Yi Sun-sin's Jeolla-do Navy also spent about two weeks mobilizing all forces after hearing the news of the outbreak of war, and a naval commander who had jurisdiction over an area located to the west of Yi Sun-shin took longer to mobilize forces, joining the Joseon Combined Fleet. 1:11:04 Unfortunately, Bae Seol, who preserved the only naval power at the time, deserted right before the Battle of Myeongnyang, and was executed after the war. 1:18:32 Turtle ships were all sunk after the Battle of Chilcheonryang and were not rebuilt until the end of the war. Ships depicted on maps are considered errors.
If you ever visit Korea, within Seoul is the Royal Palace of Joseon knwon as Gyeongbok-gung. In front of that palace is a huge road with a park in the middle which has two statues. The one that is sitting down is King Sejeong (inventor of the Korean Language) and the one standing with a sword in his hand is Admiral Yi. The two are the most individuals in Korea.
At that time, Japan was very similar to Europe in the Middle Ages. The army was controlled by many lords and was completely local private army. So Japanese shogun were very afraid of them. The Ming Dynasty of China was different. The army was already the property of the emperor. The generals of the Ming Dynasty only had the power to command the war, but could not turn the army into their own private army
Great summation of a part of history I never knew much about. Admiral Yi was an amazing commander and I'm definitely going to be looking for a good book about his life. Just signed up for my Sakuraco subscription, looking forward to it.
Japan had continuous ambition of korean peninsula in history. History recorded the first thing they did after entering civilization was asking chinese emperor to recognize their dominion of korean peninsula. They fought three wars with china in peninsula，which happened in tang, ming and qing. At the third time, they won the war and finally annexed the Korean.
They also continued to fight WW2 well beyond any hope of winning partly because they wanted to keep Korea. The leadership couldn't agree to even think of ending the war with Japan getting nothing in return for the millions of deaths they already suffered. How could they tell the people it was all for nothing? Since America wasn't going to settle for anything less than unconditional surrender, that wasn't going to happen.
Until more than 2000 years ago, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu were inhabited by an ethnic group called the Wajin (seaman genus). history. Around the 4th century, Kyushu and the southern part of the Korean Peninsula became vassals of Yamato Province (Japan), but in the 7th century they lost the war with the Tang dynasty and decided to withdraw completely from the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The southern part of the Korean Peninsula was originally part of Japan's territory, but over time the rulers have changed, including the northern Han, the Tungus, and the Mongols. Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty = Northern Han People Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty = Mongol Xianbei Yuan dynasty = Mongols Ming Dynasty = Southern Han Chinese Southern Song = Turkic ethnic group (Uyghur) Qing Dynasty = Manchu Jurchen Japan has had a friendly relationship with the Han people in the south since ancient times, but had a hostile relationship with the northern Han people and the Tungus people.
@@山田次郎-e8i I think what you are saying is mimana. Japanese scholars think it exists, Korean scholars think it doesn't. No matter whether it exist, Book of Song recorded that five kings of Wa continuous asked liu song chinese emperor to recognize their dominion of Korean Peninsula. This is the earliest recorded credible history about Japan. I know some Japenese scholars believed that the kings recorded in Book of Sone was the kings recorded in Nihon Shoki. The interest thing is, chinese emperor didn't accept at four times. At the fifth time, perhaps he was moved by the sincerity of sending envoys for decades, finally the liu song chinese emperor recognized what Japan asked. The three wars happened in AD 663(tang), AD 1592-1598(ming), AD 1894-1895(qing). Japan had wars with almost every dynasty of chinese empire in Korean Peninsula. Nationlism didn't exist in Ancient Asia.The emperor of the chinese empire were Hans in most of time. But sometimes they may have been Mongols, Manchus, but they all believed that their groups were a part of chinese, their government were the government of chinese empire, they were chinese emperors. This is the ancient Chinese national identity. The most population of chinese empire were Hans at any time. There is also a big part of your perception of the national identity of the Chinese emperor wrong. Japan had conflicted with chinese empire in Korean Peninsula, it doesn't matter what nationality the emperor is. Chinese emperor wanted to protect Korean, Japan wanted to annex the Korean. That's why the last two wars happened.
@@山田次郎-e8iYou are talking nonsense. The Han Ethnic Group in China has never been divided into the Southern Han Ethnic Group and the Northern Han Ethnic Group, and besides the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, other dynasties are all Han Ethnic Group dynasties.
fun fact: in eu4 if you play has kora you get admiral ye. and he is the only charector in the game with a perfect 6/6/6 skill set. my man is litterally OP
If you purposefully lose your lands, as Korea, you can become a pirate republic, which means you can actually have Yi as your Pirate King. This was one of my best campaign ever, I lost it all to Jurchens, to become a PR, then took it all back. In 1586, by memory, I got Yi as an admiral by event, so I fired all other admirals and made sure to have my current ruler die ASAP. Not only was he a 6/6/6 admiral, the general's (admiral) skills also impact his rolls on ruler stats, the fucker was also a 6/6/6 ruler with the ship durability trait. This time around, Korea was the one invading Japan in the 1590's and Kyushu was my bounty. I also was rich as hell, from permanently raiding Ming's coast, which kept their mandate low, which in turn made all their attempted invasions utterly patetic.
@@nathanc939 I went the opposite route, I refused tribute to Ming from the jump, tech’d up to mil 5. Declared for mandate. Took me several attempts but after you take the mandate, it’s pretty much smooth sailing.
@@jamesson1154 i just wanted my country to be led by Admiral Yi. The whole campaign's goal was that. You need to be a pirate republic for that and that means losing most of your lands. I full occupied Jianzhou and force fed them my lands, 2 or 3 times XD.
이순신 장군은 한국에서 가장 존경받는 위인들중 탑5안에 들 정도의 위인인데 (1위 세종) 그 이순신 장군의 활약과 한국의 역사의 대해서 한국 사람도 아닌 외국인이 이렇게 자세하고도 정확한 역사 다큐를 만들어주셔서 한국인으로서 참 감개무량합니다. 좋은 영상 만들어주셔서 감사합니다.
Yi Sun-sin fought under favorable conditions and won the battle, but Japan still managed to achieve its strategic objectives. Even though he agreed to a ceasefire, Yi Sun-sin broke it and launched an attack, only to be defeated and killed. I don't understand why someone like that is respected. Do people not know the real story?"
@@DonaldJohnTrump0614 노비 폭증의 원인은 세종의 잘못이 아닙니다. 그렇다면 출산한 산모 노비에게는 100일의 휴가, 산모의 남편인 노비에게는 30일 가량의 휴가를 법적으로 줄 것을 지시했으며, 노비를 함부로 죽이지 말라는 지시를 내린 것은 어떻게 설명할 수 있겠습니까. 인간은 누구나 그 시대에 따라 속박되어 살아갑니다. 세종도 당연 그 시대에 맞게 정치 사안들을 펼쳐낸 것이겠지요. 현 시대에 살고 있는 어느 기업 수장도, 하다못해 여러 측면, 여러 평가가 엇갈리는 박정희만 보더라도 한 면 만을 보고 얘기 한다면 나쁜 정치인 저 매국노 새끼 간편하게 말 할 수 있어요. 어느 면만을 극단적으로 본다면 우리나라를 그래도 이렇게까지 끌어올려 준 역대 최고의 대통령 이렇게 평가 내릴 수도 있는 것 이구요. 제가 당부 드리고 싶은 건 역사적인 역대 위인들의 여러 면을 보고 그 시대상을 이해하며 이러저러해서 이러한 판단을 내렸겠구나 하는 나무 말고 전체적인 숲을 볼 수 있는 통찰력을 가졌으면 좋겠습니다.
Watch the Korean film The Admiral: Roaring Currents. It's not the most historical accurate movie and is sometimes blockbuster levels of cheezy, but perfectly sets up the virtually impossible odds Yi Sun-sin faced yet smashed like hundreds of Japanese ships! And knowing the full context of the war will make watching it again simply amazing!
There's already a prequel to the movie it's called Hansan: Dragon Rising. It depicts one of Yi Sun-sin early major battles in the first invasion. So cool
They kind of have to because if they showed what really happened aka the Japanese navy being curbed stomped by admiral yi wouldn’t have been dramatic enough while potentially making the battles boring.
@@jonathanresurreccion2995 일본은 봉건사회였기 때문에 히데요시에게 반감을 가진 일본군도 상당히 있었고 수만명의 일본군이 조선에 투항해서 싸웠다. 그들은 대부분 북쪽 국경의 군인으로 파견되었고 자신들의 마을을 만들고 살았으며 이괄의 반란때 다수가 이괄의 군대에서 복무하다가 진압당했다.
The funny thing about the guy who made this is that he put a Japanese snack ad at the front while explaining about the Imjin War. It is certain that he was sponsored by the Japanese side. Imjin War is a war in which Japan killed innocent Koreans. But the person who made this video is so funny that he put a Japanese snack ad at the front of the video and devoted a lot of the video to introducing the Japanese general. It is also funny that he introduced Korea's brave generals as if there is no one except Yi Sun-shin. The most important battle during the Imjin War is the Battle of Jinju Castle, and the fact that he left out the video proves that he really lost understanding
This is one of the best videos on any historical topics on YT, the only shortcoming is imo that they completely skipped through the peace talks between the two invasions, because those were fascinating too.
During the Imjin War i, Japan kidnapped Joseon potters and revived the ceramic industry, and made foreign currency by exporting ceramics made in Japan's Kyushu Saga and Kagoshima prefectures to Europe. At that time, the ceramic industry was the same cutting-edge technology as the semiconductor industry today.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi Japanese aristocrats coveted Korean studies and ceramics and plundered numerous technicians, scholars, and cultural assets during the war. In particular, Japan and Korea They kidnapped potters, treated them with utmost respect, and encouraged them to pass on their pottery skills to Japan. In fact, if you go to the Japanese Ceramics Museum The beginning of their own pottery history is recorded in 1602 (consistent with the end of the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592). The shrine is still in operation. After the war, Japan developed Japanese pottery based on the techniques handed down by Korean potters, and pottery trade with Europe blossomed. From this period, Japanese porcelain products became popular in Europe. Immediately after the end of the war, the cultural levels of Korea and Japan begin to reverse. Korea has become a heap of ashes deprived of numerous cultural assets, buildings and technologies. Japan made its own technology and culture that it looted from Korea. Japan enjoyed a splendid heyday in the Edo period by selling pottery made with Joseon's technology to Europe with money.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Take a look at the names of the people worshiped at the shrine as the founders of Japanese pottery. They have Korean names. They are Joseon pottery craftsmen kidnapped by Japan during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592.
Admiral Yi is without a doubt the best naval commander the world has ever seen. I'll pay my respects to the Invincible Admiral when I visit S.Korea one day.
This man literally saved Korea from the samurai, if not the Chinese. (I was kind of rooting for the samurai but even though they put up a good fight, they got the short stick in the end.)
What Admiral Yi did with 13 turtle ships near the end... sad to think of all those who died because no one in Japan knew what else to do with all of those idle warriors after the internal strife... (they had no idea about pursuing Broader Survival against a harsh and deadly universe)...
During the invasion, the Japanese advanced so fast that the Chinese suspected that the Koreans were collaborating and letting the Japanese through the country. Nope, just Korean leadership incompetence and corruption. Corruption does terrible things to an army; something a current big country is learning yet again.
북한은 임진왜란 때 일본이 조선에서 도자기 뿐만 아니라 금속활자도 약탈해갔다고 주장하고 있습니다. 오늘날에는 북한에서 장거리 탄도미사일을 일본 영토를 가로질러 북태평양으로 시험발사하는데, 일본의 한반도 재침략에 대한 대응이라고 주장합니다. 일본은 북한의 미사일 발사를 구실로 재무장에 박차를 가하고 있으니 임진왜란 전 조선과 일본 정세를 생각나게 합니다.
@@عليياسر-ذ5بYou say that, but my understanding is that those groups were interested in capturing and enslaving the peasants-the Japanese were awarded based on the number of ears and noses of their enemies-so they had little motivation for a living civilian body in Korea…
Really appreciate your teams attention to details. I enjoy learning about the nuances of each battle and the mindset of the soldiers and leaders of each battle.
I teach history and I'm not Korean so I never heard about Yi before today. Naturally, I went to read up on him and while some events certainly seem tainted by later Korean propaganda, this guy was definitely right up there with some of the more famous admirals in history, quite possibly surpassing even people like Themistocles, Nelson and Nimitz. It seems that few if any were as good at exploiting the enemy's weaknesses as Yi was. Rightfully deserves his place as one of the greatest national heroes of Korea.
@lovegab6333Yeah if Japan continued the war they would have eventually made Korea submit and China withdraw. The Admiral was really the only one keeping the country successful in their resistance, all of their officials were incompetent and cowardly. Even in this video their most capable leaders were just mere peasants who organized revolts.
@lovegab6333 Tell us you're biased EVEN WITH statistical facts without telling us you're biased. 😂😂 Korea wasn't always a small country. You've never heard of Gwanggaeto the Great who in his prime had conquered for Korea that is about 3 -5 times the size it is now (I'm including NK too). Japan wasn't always a civilized nation, but Korea always was. Way earlier in history in the Three Kingdoms Era of Korea, two of the kingdoms practically raced each other to give culture and influence to what was a barbaric country that is now Japan. Japan has a LOT, I mean a LOT of influence from Korea. They even kidnapped Korean potters because their pottery was top quality in Asia (most likely the world) at that time, and as an apology and "compensation," they built a shrine in Japan dedicated to those potters. Talk about taking in one side of the story that is convenient for you 😊
@lovegab6333 "25% of the Japanese forces" is an arrogant lie. Japan couldn't even send more. Because Korean navy has ruled the sea. And Japan's population was smaller than Korea.
Zheng He wasn't really an admiral. He was more of a explorer although he did serve as an admiral, none of his battles are of noteworthy but as an martime explorer he was great.
Korea and Japan rose to more importance in the region after 1500s, and it continues to this day. It’s because of a globalized world which gave importance to sea access. Before that the East Asia is more centered around the Silk Road trading through Eurasian continent
Southief Korea is a country without long history and independent culture. This is a country that seems to be on the losing side in all its wars, and a small country that is arrogant.
Of alll the ways to learn this story of Admiral Yi, I learned of it through the game Empire: Dawn of the Modern Age, in which you play as him and puts you in massive odds navally, only to uno reverse it and boost your ships to ridicilous heights to demonstrate Yi's dogged determination. Nice to see :)
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Although 430 years ago, the Imjin War is a deeply humiliating history for South and North Koreans.
One of the reasons why South Korea is strengthening its defense capabilities and fostering the defense industry is that it will not be invaded like the Imjin War.
In Sacheon, where Admiral Yi Sun-shin fought his first naval battle against the Japanese Navy, there is the headquarters and factory of KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries), a Korean aircraft manufacturer.
It is the company that KAI exported the FA-50 to Poland, the standard for Western light attack aircraft.
Suggest you read the critique of Samuel Hawley's book from the Great Ming Military website, which contains a lot of examples in which historical sources were misused said book, ie claiming a source said there’s X amount of men when the source said no such thing. As at least some parts of the video seem to have came from Samuel Hawley either directly or indirectly.
"Japan might still show up at your door."
Yeah, with weeaboos and waifus. Not dangerous at all, but can be quite annoying.
At 54:26, the Battle of Byeokjegwan banner incorrectly reads Siege of Pyongyang.
Fianlly youre covering the Imjin waeran but my criticism is that it seems sort of a Japenese centric documentary. Why? Because you don't even mention some Korean commanders. You don't even mention Seoul was not called seoul but Hanseong. You didnt mention the korean sides diplomats and how because of their rivalry gave completely different accounts about the Japanese
and why their mission was such a failure.
The tale of Admiral Yi is nothing short of superhuman, and yet at the same time a tragedy. Other men would have turned their back or defected after being treated the way he was. But he cared more for his nation than himself, even when the leadership of that nation betrayed him time and time again for their own selfish ambition. But he fought not for the government, but the nation itself. True patriotism.
The true Nelson of the East.
I had no idea that Admiral Yi could make good tamales.
In Sacheon, where Admiral Yi Sun-shin fought his first naval battle against the Japanese Navy, there is the headquarters and factory of KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries), a Korean aircraft manufacturer.
It is the company that KAI exported the FA-50 to Poland, the standard for Western light attack aircraft.
@@jonbaxter2254 na Nelson is Yi of west
@@jonbaxter2254 Wtih all due respect to Nelson, he doesn't even come close.
One of the most amazing thing about Yi Sun Shin was that all his prior military experience prior to the Imjin War was in the army, and he only started studying naval warfare after he was appointed the commander in Cholla shortly before the war started. All his subsequent naval brilliance was self-taught.
Yeah and he was such a fucking genius that he designed his own ships which turned the tide of the naval war. It would be like Patton suddenly becoming an admiral and inventing the aircraft carrier xD
ㄹㅇ 어떻게 한것이오 이순신장군!!!
@@ravenblood1954
Yi didn’t design his own ships: the turtle ship was an earlier innovation he resurrected, and he left the design modifications necessary to one of his most able captains, Na Dae-yong (who actually sailed the turtle ship into battle at Sacheon and Hansando).
What Yi DID do was invent a new naval doctrine focused much more heavily on gunnery and battleline engagements, the first officer in Asia (and one of the first naval officers in general) to do this.
So it wouldn’t be like Patton switching to naval command and inventing the aircraft carrier; it would be like Patton switching to naval command and inventing the concept of carrier battlegroups and multiple-deck massed airstrikes.
I tend to think Yi's self-taught naval strategies after a stint in the army was probably what made Yi such a tremendous stand-out success. If he had been taught in the old naval ways due to being in the navy since his youth, he would've been more tied to the conventional ways of fighting naval battles, like his Japanese enemies. Outsiders at times have great success in a field--in this case a former soldier in naval strategy--because they can really think outside of the box and are not tied down to traditions and norms. I do wonder if there's been a very successful person the other way around--a former sailor who becomes a great general of land armies.
That's insane. Plus the invention of the turtle ship.
Admiral Togo, the Japanese admiral who won the decisive naval battle at the Tsushima straits was once compared to Yi and Nelson. Togo was taken aback by this and said: “It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea's Yi Sun-sin, for he has no equal.”
Its true
To add to Northie's comment, the full quote, for reference, is: "It may be proper to compare me with Nelson, but not with Korea's Yi Sun-shin, for he has no equal. Nelson and I both fought battles with full support from the government, but General Yi Sun-shin achieved victory without any government support. Compared to General Yi, I am but a petty officer."
What happened was in 1905, Japan's Admiral Togo Heihachiro brought the war to an end in victory for the Japanese against the Russians. The victory granted tremendous amount of prestige and gaze from European powers. A part of it was that the Japanese studied and adopted Yi Sun-Shin's strategies. After the war, a party was held to celebrate Japan's victory. At the party, a reporter asked Admiral Togo the above.
The source is that is usually cited is from Samuel Hawley "The Imjin War".
@@asdfghjjhgf thank you. I had inferred respect on Togo’s part, but I was mistaken
@@asdfghjjhgf No more than there is any proof of Yamamoto ever having said that they'd awoken a sleeping giant by attacking Pearl Harbour.
He almost certainly *thought* something along those lines, as he knew, having lived in the US for several years between the wars, in just how deep trouble Japan was when they'd pissed America off like this, but he never actually *said* or wrote it.
Nelson is overrated garbage
I watched every second and was absolutely glued. What a part of history. I was like there's no freaking way 13 ships vs 100+ but daaaaaaaaaamn he was a oceanic GANGSTER!
Interesting fact: When Yi was dying he told to his son and his nephew: "We are going to win this war. Keep beating the drum. Do not announce my death".
And then both his son and nephew took his armour and pretended they were the admiral and kept fighting. It wouldnt be until tge end of the battle that Yi's death would be known.
The admiral had quite a life. He was mistreeated by corrupt officials, almost sentenced to death for being blamed and ended it as a hero to his people. He didnt see the end of the war but his legacy lives on as one of, if not, THE best admiral in history
there's a reason why he's among the most liked figures of the (korean) history which is shared with the likes of the King Sejong (Hangul), General Douglas MacArthur (Korean War)
@@homerj806 sorry. That was a typo
He is definitely the best Admiral in terms of actual tangible achievements in known history. We will never know all human history, but from what we know he was the best in raw achievement.
@@resentfuldragon If someone else achieve more than him it would have been recorded lol, so he is the best for both known and unknown.
@@DccAnh that logic is completely wrong.
Most of human history is lost because either they failed to record it properly or the knowledge was destroyed by an outside source.
Its not about greatness, its how its recorded and how its lost.
Its arrogant to claim we know for a fact who was the best at anything since we don't actually have the information to prove that.
Many cultures wrote on perishable goods (wood, early forms of paper, leather, etc.) ad many didn't write at all.
Of those who wrote much of what they had is lost. The abbassids obsessively wrote down information even from other cultures, yet a large percent if not the majority of their writings were lost by the mongols burning their libraries.
We can't possibly know who was the richest, smartest, best general, best admiral, or anything like that.
As of recorded history we currently possess Admiral yi is the best, but we have no clue about who was objectively best ever.
'Diplomatic failures provoked Hideyoshi to launch a Second Invasion'
That is an understatement. His Daimyo came up with a scheme to pretend the Ming were surrendering while also telling the Ming that Hideyoshi was acquiescing to their demands. It went so far as Hideyoshi wearing what he thought was a gifted 'Emperor's robe' but actually signified becominga 'Vassal King' under the Ming. This all came unglued when Hideyoshi's Monk(who could read the documents) told Hideyoshi their true meaning and Hideyoshi flew into a rage demanding blood.
Oh my lord. That seems straight out of a sitcom!
This nearly came undone when the Ming diplomats and Hideyoshi met and both asked why the other one wasn't bowing to them. That required quick thinking (basically they said Hideyoshi was too old to bow and the Ming were too proud).
@@uanime1 yep, honestly the entire scrambling shenanigan deserves a video unto itself.
That daimyo was probably pissing his pants fearing his head, family, and land confiscation 💀
That 'Vassal King' under the Ming' is closer to the diplomatic Alliance. Traditionally, the Han-Chinese(漢族) dynasty couldn't control nearby nations as coercive domination, was failed to stop the emergence of a new country. Vassal King' under China(藩屬國) was just an honorary and formal title granting neighboring Countries as a condition for recognizing the Emperor of China. It is described as a 'fence of the Emperor(藩屛).
I spent a year in S. Korea in the U.S. Army. I regret not discovering Korea's rich and fascinating medieval period until later in life. The Koreans are a brave, and resourceful people and also one of the kindest and most hospitable I've encountered. Thank you for this very educational video.
As a Korean who also went through mandatory military service, thank you for your service
As a Korean, I also appreciate your service in Korea.
@@pping0620so sad the once proud & unified country call as Korea had lost her dignity & becomes a slave to the yankee & the western barbarian & the most laughable & ungrateful thing is how they betraying the Chinese&Korean people's hundreds yrs of friendship by joining the Japanese & yankee to go against the Chinese by providing military base for the outsider west barbarian force to threatening China security & whole Asia..pathetic
Thank you for your service, bro.
@@pping0620 But you are wrong, united statians wronged Korea for their own imperialist hegemony and are applying 50 years of embargo on half the Korean population. You are a traitor of Korean ancestors for acting like a vassal and dog to the usa.
That's truly amazing. I've never seen an English video that describes the Imjin War in such detail and accuracy. Thank you for your effort.
@lovegab6333 average weeb who sends paragraphs on a comment that says "good video"
@wrecking6397 You say this as if it is negative???😅
I mean who doesn't like samurai??? AND MECHA!?!? Giant war robots are just objectively bas ass!!
Though granted, first half of 1900s is.....🤔......um...... "controversial"? To say the least 😳
@@zachthompson9976 people who glorify unnecessary killing and warfare is not a negative? i never said i hated modern japanese stuff, but people who writes full on essays on glazing japan on a comment completely unrelated are stupid.
@wrecking6397 Yeah I agree. I meant my comment as a joke. Reading it back now I definitely understand why you took it as me being serious
That's my bad
@@zachthompson9976 oh alr. my bad
After the devastating defeat of Won Gyun, Joseon court planned to merge the remaining navy into the army. However, general Yi said to the king, "There are 12 battle ships left, the numbers are insufficient, but with this humble man still alive, enemy will not covet our seas." And comes the famous battle of Myeong yang, where general Yi defeated the 200 Japanese ships with 13 battle ships(one ship joined later). General Yi had lost his mother when he was demoted (his mother was 83 years old and was on the sail to meet her demoted son when she passed away on a ship). And general Yi's most beloved son died while fighting the Japanese forces. Such a shame that a man of such accomplishment and devotion had to go through all that personal tragedy...
A genius and a true patriot to his people.
Yeah, he pretended to be ok about his son's death in front of his men, but after went to the warehouse and cried alone. If it weren't for his diary, we wouldn't be able to see his human side.
명양해전 ㅡ>명량해전
@@lawkey14 He specifically went to warehouse with salt, so his tears won't be noticed.
tearful
He's a great general
He's the creator of Korea
The story of Admiral Yi is absolutely insane, and we'd all believe it to be a story of fiction if it weren't for corroborated reports from Korea's enemy in this conflict, Japan. Furthermore, the accounts from the Chinese side are glowing as well. This was an uncommon man, put squarely in position, by sheer chance or divine intervention, to save a people and their nation. Just incredible.
Yi also reported to the king as well as having a war diary. We have those sources.
When Yi was taking his military exams it includes a horsemanship test. He managed to fall from his horse and broke his leg. Rather than give up he splinted his own leg with a tree branch and continued. He still failed but he passed the next year. Shows what kind of man he was
Amazingly he had the same fate as nelson. Nelson was shot by a sharpshooter. Yi died the same way. Is this just coincidence, or are great admirals supposed to die this way?
@@morningcalmrisingsun This video makes little reference to the records on the Japanese side, and I'm surprised that Yi's rating is so high. The reason for Japan's defeat in this war was the lack of military strength and the high number of deaths from disease.
@@aa-rq9qdop trying to downplay Yi’s accomplishments. In doing so you’re diminishing the nation of Japan you admire so much (whom he crushed, twice). Yi was a gargantuan of a man, recognized by all sides as one of the greatest in history. Cope.
Rarely comment on youtube, but this was one of the most interesting and exciting videos you have ever uploaded. With each passing video your team seem to get better and better with the research you do and the cinematic presentation of history. Honestly, hats off to all involved! Keep em coming.
Admiral Yi is up there with Caesar, Alexander and Napoleon
@@billzaruss7752 Hmmm
@@williamrobert9898 i know i know, sweeping statement, top 25 or 50 then haha. Hard one to say. Not exactly better than those that i mentioned, but definietly up there 😆
@@billzaruss7752 Agreed 👍🏻👌🏻
@@billzaruss7752 Nah he surpass them, alexander is overrated, caesar got assassinated and die like an idiot while napoleon only know how to fight on land with support from advance artillery, Yi would destroy them all.
In the book that Admiral Lee Sun-sin wrote during the war, he praised his subordinates for even the smallest details, but there was not a single compliment to himself.
원균에 대한 욕은 엄청 많았다고 한다.
I used to have lunch sat by the statue of Yi Sun Sin in Gwanghwamun square and wonder how I'd never heard of him before I moved to Korea. I'm so glad he gets love from your channel because his is one of the most incredible stories in military history.
@lovegab6333 Nobody asked
@lovegab6333아무도 묻지 않았고 일본에 영향을 미치지 않았다는 것은 억지입니다.
The storytelling and the event it self is so great that I didn't even notice the video was almost 90 mins long
People need to know that YI had no support from his country. He raised money himself, built the ships himself, made the first musket for korea, made the first ironclad turtleship, fed his people from starvation and saved korea from Japan. He is a Saint of saints in Korea along with King Sejong
That is insane.
Ironclad turtleships existed since the Goryeo era. He didnt invent them.
@@Wandrative nope not true. Provide source.
@@edwardkim2579
This is basic Korean history. The usage of turtle ships started to deal with the Jurchen pirates. And during the 1400s, there are numerous Joseon records of using Turtle ships as well.
@@Wandrative there is no record of a turtle ship during goryo dynasty. Like I said, state source
This is one of the best K&G episodes so far.
thanks!
As a half black half korean, growing up I had no heroes to loom upon. Hearing of this korean "God of War" who had never had naval training, who was betrayed by his own and they only thing he lost after numerous total victories was his own life. Not a single ship. Now I have heard many say admiral nelson is the greatest but wow. Yi had the better ships ok ill give u that. But lets look at the facts. The man was so feared that his enemies. The FEARED JAPANESE SAMURAI dubbed him the GOD OF WAR. Even after his was betrayed cuz of haters, his entire fleet basically gone but 13 ships due to the man who replaced him, he still returned to his duty after years of torture just to prove to the world one last time that he was, is and will always be fhe GREATEST ADMIRAL, no F that, the greatest leader who ever lived. Fact.
I just wanted your team to know how much I enjoyed the little details sprinkled throughout this video. Your channel never takes sides and seem to clear up many issues I have found hard to resolve, like the naval battles and the statistics from them. Thank you so much for making worthwhile content.
Admiral Yi is one of the greatest millitary minds of all time. He makes Nelson look like a first year in the Naval academy. While his life may have been a tragedy in many ways at the end he wins over those who wronged for he is remembered today as one of the greatest admirals of all time, Saviour of Korea and Marshal lord of Loyalty.
He is the greatest Korean recorded in History to ever live in my non-Korean opinion.
@@goognamgoognw6637 The story of Yi Sun-shin is well known in Korea. But he is barely mentioned in Chinese and Japanese history books. Because his story is meaningful only to Koreans, it has no effect on the outcome of the war. Although the main war was fought on the Korean Peninsula, it was actually fought by China and Japan. In the same way, the Korean War of the 1950s was fought on the Korean Peninsula, and the North and South Koreans still did not decide whether the war would be won or lost. So I agree with the Koreans that they didn't lose the Korean War, because with or without them, it doesn't matter.
@@luckybrave2035 grow a brain
Literal nonsense. Nelson was fighting other advanced navies with advanced canons and extremely skilled professional sailors, and still repeatedly won despite the odds.
Admiral Yi was fighting literal makeshift fishing boats rigged into a ramshackle navy.. The Japanese had no actual navy. Their entire fleet barring like 4 ships, were merchant and fishing boats rigged to carry soldiers. Almost none even had any canon’s.
The Koreans had an actual navy with western canons.
Claiming admiral Yi “made Nelson look like a first year student” is just objectively nonsense. Yi has every advantage. The Japanese had no canons except for in 1 engagement and even then it was only on 2 ships.
The Japanese relied on the simple tactic of swarming Korean ships until they could physically board them and engage in melee where they had an advantage.
All any Korean admiral has to do was use their superior and faster ships to avoid coming into physical contact with the Japanese fishing boats, and light them up with their plentiful canons. The Japanese would be totally helpless. And were.
which is what admiral Yi did.
Admiral Nelson was not fighting a vastly inferior force (technologically). He was engaging other extremely well armed advanced warships.
Admiral Nelson’s victories were objectively far more impressive.
Genuinely Not trying to take away from Yi, although I am. He was a talented admiral and general. But it’s just rubbish to try and claim he was superior to Nelson. It’s just a weird cope non-whites and self-hating whites do, because they think that claiming random non-whites “make [insert famous and extremely skilled white person who defined an entire theory of warfare or technology/sciences] look like a first year student!! Haha!”.
It’s always nonsense in my experience.
@@nikolasdemoulin8093I remember my history teacher saying that Nelson was gay, but he was good at fighting on the sea. Yes, I agree with you. I mean, this Chinese general is no match for Nelson.😂😂
1:25:50 When the admiral was minutes before passing away, he told his navy officers not to tell the soldiers that he was dead in order to keep the fighting spirit among his men.
Hideyoshi had united Japan, but he was surrounded by samurai armies which had swelled in number over the years of Japan's internal conflicts. They needed to be culled in order to ensure stability of the realm. Not willing to give up their swords he sent them to Korea. Many minor and great clans were extinguished as their leaders and men fell on the battlefield. Those that did not die in battle found themselves accused for cowardice or punished for failure in the Korea campaign. Often ending with them losing their heads and their estates being confiscated by Hideyoshi.
It's funny how many parallels there were between the Japanese an Europeans. Europe had too many knights fighting one another in never ending wars and skirmishes so they got sent to the crusades. Japan had too many samurai who'd run out of battles to fight so they got sent to Korea. I'd be willing to bet as smart as Hideyoshi was he knew they had little chance of actually taking Korea once the Chinese came (China was viewed as nearly unbeatable at the time and many times larger ajd more wealthy than Japan, it would be like Canada going to war with the US) so they were likely sent as a "hail Mary". Either they'd get lucky and take part of Korea, or more likely all the samurai would expend their lives and/or bloodlust fighting in Korea leaving far fewer skilled soldiers available to plot rebellions or coups.
That makes very little sense. Hideyoshi's ambition at the first invasion was the toppling of the Ming. He wasn't fully wrong. The Ming military had plenty of issues, but not quite enough yet they would be toppled.
@@JayFLee1 it made sense, while he wants to topple the ming, a lot of clans still have bad blood with each other and who know when or where another civil war may happen, so win or loose in his expedition abroad he will still have last laugh against all the Daimyos he sent, in the end he succeeded in what he wanted
@@ekulerudamuru if weakening rival clans was a major part of why he invaded, Hideyoshi fucked up since the majority of the invading armies were Toyotomi vassals. As in they were daimyo because of Hideyoshi rather than clans whose power and existence predated his rise. Granted the invasion being from Kyushu meant the Western clans got dibs, but if it was meant to weaken his rivals then where are the Date and Tokugawa?
@@arthas640 you are right,
otherwise, China of Eastern Zhou Dynasty looks like Wetsrn Europe, but not very well-known,
there are different Warring State, the king of Zhou is like the Pope, venerated by without real military power, especially the State of Qin has such similarities better with Prussia,
at that tike, China was feodal too, with aristocrat warruor class, but once China is united, it looks like Roman Empire and not Medieval Europe anymore,
Finally a Korean history that isn't a 1950's civil war. Thank you Kings and Generals I do hope for more Korean History.
Indeed, Korean history deserves more exposure and recognition outside of the Korean War. The Korean War was indeed one of the most important events in Korean history that placed it in the greater international conflict, but it certainly is not the only conflict to do so. Imjin War is another such event.
역사를 제대로 모르는 인간이 일본해 표기 당장 식제해라
@@andrewchung2940this is less Korean history as it is Chinese history saving the Koreans from being wiped out
Up to now I still remember replaying the older version of this always loved to watch it whenever I get bored and now it's updated version shows how much has changed in kings and generals.
Here here!
I love it, but always get furious at how they treatetd Yi. The man saved your country like 6 times!!!
Is this all a compilation of older videos or they changed the content itself?I remember watching some about this and the Byzantines but I'm pretty sure they are not the exact same ones
@@salakiadam24 they like to re-upload some of their dated videos. To make a more consistent “product”.
Absolutely incredible video. One of the best I've ever seen, on any topic. Great attention to detail and clear visualisation of events. And they even got the pronunciation of the Chinese names right, which is super rare
Yi Sun Shin's statue is in the middle of Seoul, right in front of King Sejong's statue and GyeongBok-gung palace. A famous monument that symbolizes downtown Seoul, and he absolutely deserves that spot.
Isn't there a subway station named after Admiral Yi? Is the subway station next to this statue--I've seen pics of it on the internet--in central Seoul? I live in NYC and I don't know if any subway station is named after a great American military hero, not even George Washington. Washington D.C.'s subway stations are--there are two named after this admiral who was successful in the U.S. Civil War--Farragut. But I do know that in Mexico City, that subway system has a lot of stations named after national heroes. I stayed near the "Insurgentes" station the last time I was in Mexico City. "Insurgentes" commemorated the teen-boy "insurgents" of the Mexican military academy who fought tooth and nail against the invading U.S. army entering Mexico City during the Mexican-American War of 1848.
@@Luboman411 I don't think there is a subway station named after Admiral Yi, but there is a road named 'Chung-mu ro' which was named after him. Admiral Yi is often referred to as Chung-mu gong and the road is nearby his birthplace in Seoul. And there is a warship named after him, too.
Pretty much all schools had statue of Admiral Yi.
@@Luboman411 There is a subway station named after the road named after Admiral Yi.
It's only after his death they would make him a national hero. If he was still alive, the court would probly demote him again and would never tell his story, as other court officials would see him a continue political threat to the status quo.
You know, I didn't realize just how practical Sun Tzu's art of war was until you see it played out in conflict.
Turns out levelheadedness aswell as compassion for fellow humans make ideal commanders
Agree people nowadays are foolish for making meme on sun tzu
Li Rusong deliberately left a gap in the encirclement circle, because Sun Tzu said in the art of war that the enemy should not be cornered, because it would make the enemy resist crazily. Only by leaving a way to survive will the enemy's will collapse
People meme on Sun Tzu's or for that matter Von Clausewitz "On War' because the advise they seem is so often blatantly obvious. However, that does not diminish the validity of their assesments. Yi Sun Sin won many of his battles because he was a master of the advise Sun Tzu offers in his infamous work. Yi understood his enemy perfectly, knew his own ships in and out and never let the enemy dictate the terms of engagement. Thus that which seemed impossible ( Victory over Japan) suddenly became reality.
@@linshitaolst4936原文： 归师勿遏，围师必阙，穷寇勿迫（围兵者，围其三面，开其一面，以示生路也）。
@@reaperking2121 War seems easy on paper but is actually very difficult in reality, that's why people make light of Master Sun's and Von Clausewitz's works. By the way, Von Clausewitz's work is more of a philosophical theoretical approach to warfare rather than a handbook on tactics and strategy.
Admiral Yi was a naval genius. Without him, Korea would have lost.
As an Englisman, with a vast number of naval leaders, I rank him at the top by far. Drake, Cook, Nelson, Roberts were all fantastic, but Yi was a superman.
@@jonbaxter2254 Indeed, he was. I would rank Thomas Cochrane very high as well.
Not sure about that. Depends on how dedicated the Qing would be on supporting the land war. But he really helped a lot.
@@kaltaron1284 the Ming actually
@@TheStrategos392 Aye, my boy! I love that guy, so mad he helps 4 countries in South America win independence.
Even if You lived in Japan for a long time, he would not know that the first emperor of Japan was a descendant of the royal family of Baekje, one of the countries on the Korean Peninsula, because it is taboo in Japan. As someone who studies East Asian history, I would like to briefly explain the relationship between Japan and Korea. Japan was a blessed island nation that accepted many cultures from China (mainly the Tang Dynasty) and the Korean Peninsula (mainly Baekje and Gaya) and was not invaded by continental powers.Even the only Mongol invasion failed by storm ("kamikaze" as the Japanese call it).Historically, Korea people fought many great wars in which hundreds of thousands or millions of troops invaded, but the targets were northern people groups such as the Sui, Tang, Khitan, Qing, and Mongols, and were generally friendly to the Chinese dynasties of Song and Ming etc... Japan's a bit more complicated, although there have been hundreds of small raids along the eastern seaboard by Japanese pirates called Waku. Afterwards, there was a great invasion by Yamato's toyotomi unified shogunate with hundreds of thousands of regular troops, and the background to the Seven Years' War, which was called the Yamato rebellion, was that the carelessness and arrogance of Joseon (Korea), which enjoyed only peace and culture for 200 years, treated Yamato (Japan) as a barbaric pirate group rather than a country. However, Yamato had a high level of tactics through clan battles for 100 years, and the 170,000 troops of Toyotomi, who unified the whole country, armed with Portuguese matchlocks and attacked Joseon. Historically, Japan has waged a surprise war without a declaration of war.The 16,000 Elite heavy cavalry that Joseon was proud of, which had suppressed the cruel northern peoples, was defeated by the Yamato Matchlock unit, and 70, 000 Joseon Army was pushed back all the way to Pyongyang. Yamato, which was a medieval feudal lord era, gained land and people if it won a war, but in Joseon, which was a centralized country, the king fled to the north, but the people and monks formed a militia and fought to the end , the Japanese army was embarrassed by the existence of the Militia.Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Joseon defeated the Japanese navy by winning all 33 naval battles despite overwhelming odds.
The basic weapons of the Joseon army were bows, spears, and swords, as well as gunpowder bombs and various cannons of different sizes..The Ming Dynasty (China) sent reinforcements to help Joseon, but instead harassed Joseon by plundering and engaging in internal communication with Japan, but helped Yi Sun sin in the final naval battle.Yamato, who did not have the technology to make pottery, Taken in hundreds of Joseon pottery craftsmen to make pottery and exported the pottery to Europe, where it received favorable reviews. Joseon was unable to recover from the aftereffects of this war for 400 years and suffered the humiliation of being annexed by Japan, which it regarded as an uncivilized island, and being ruled for 35 years. This Great War was a symbolic event in which the international status of the Korean Peninsula with 4,800 years of history was reversed by the Japanese archipelago with 1,800 years of history. 300 years later, Joseon became a reclusive country with a policy of isolation, and Japan defeated the Russian fleet through the strategy of Yi Sun-sin, the great naval admiral of the country it invaded 400 years ago, and later joined the ranks of the great powers. Yi Sun sin's the world's top 3 naval admiral and the turtle ship is an invincible Korean Item in the Age of Empires PC Games.
そもそも人類の起源はアフリカだしね。そう考えると妥当だね。神風は死体撃ちとして最近見なされているけれども
Ridiculous Koreans, Ridiculous Korean Historical Novels
If this was fiction it would be deemed unrealistically stupid that Admiral Yi was ever backstabbed, especially considering the sheer brutality of defeat suffered to the Japanese. For that matter, his feats would seem equally impossible. I'm usually weary about hero worship but in his case it appears to be absolutely justified. What a legend.
His character, intellect, demeanor and appearance though unknown must have called for great respect. A lot of luck is nowhere enough to accomplish what he did. He must have been able to unify men and create diligence and trust among them naturally. Whereas Japanese where like loose packs of dogs hating each other. I bow to Yi Shun Shin even 20 centuries later. He must have been a very inspiring example for all the men under his command.
@@goognamgoognw6637
국뽕 치사량인데
@@팝송용계정-d4g이순신은 치사량해도돼
The Koreans are still like this even today. They have learn nothing from their own history
Sometimes an army crosses a Rubicon, though, and they backstab the politicians. Lol
I can't believe I've never ever heard of Admiral Yi before watching this video. He sounds like one of the greatest military commanders ever.
Put yourself into Yi's shoes:
The selfish and incompetent boss (King Seonjo), jealous and unqualified coworkers who makes things worse (Won Kyun), all his subordinates inexperienced and cowardish, and your job is to fight against 10 times the numbers of invaders who are battle-hardened veterans with full support and advanced firearms.
He should be worshiped as a God just like Guan Yu in China.
@user-ib8ei5vo6v
そして日本は明治維新以前まで中央集権を果たせなかった劣等な国家だ。また、文化と技術を教えた韓半島の恩恵を裏切りに返した恩知らずの国でもあった。昔、古代日本は韓半島から文化と宗教、そして技術を学んだが、その恩恵を知らずに、日本は高麗時代には数え切れないほど攻め込んで海賊行為をし、略奪をし、朝鮮時代には200年も平和を享受していた朝鮮に攻撃し、多くの文化財と技術を盗んだ。特に陶磁器の拉致したのは本当に野蛮だといえる
@user-ib8ei5vo6vsomewhere along the way I lost the point you were trying to make
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19I thought u were cooking up something and then I kept reading.
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19 "The Japan made peace with Ming" - ROTFL, pretty words for naming an utter strategic failure of japs. Yes, Japan lost the war, deal with it. No of Hideyoshi's war aims were reached. Nice job with sacrificing your 80k soldiers for nothing. And boasting your silver military spending that gain zero political returns even for hideyoushi's family. At least Koreans lost their soldiers to suceed in getting rid of Japanese out of Korea, the same cannot be said about Japs who lost there their lives for gaijins making fun of them few centuries later. ROTFL, thank got that allied didn't allow Japan any more lenient terms in WW2, because if they did, guys like you would spew some BS of "how much japs were the victors, cause the allied lost gazzilion chinese and quadrilion indians, baka gaijin!".
If you ever down on yourself and think you're bad at something, just remember you're not nearly as incompetent as those responsible for Korea's defense early in this war.
The Govenor of Busan at the initial stage of the Japanese invasion said 'Are they coming to pay tributes?" lol that's how much the Koreans were used to peace time (nearly 200 years without any conflict) and have been looking down on Japan. Boy was he so wrong.
@lume7920 No it's because Japan really wasn't a world power back then. Due to the constant state of civil war, the only real interactions with Japan were pirates. Obviously if all you encounter are Japanese pirates, you're just going to associate Japan with pirates. Korea meanwhile not only beat back the Sui dynasty's invasion but also managed to be one of the few countries that forced the Mongols into a peace treaty rather than be outright sacked and conquered. They honestly had every right to be arrogant, they beat back the (at the time) most powerful country on Earth and held back another (at the time) most powerful country on Earth so well they managed to form an alliance on their own terms. Compared to that a civil war torn island to the east that's been the reason for pirate raids existing is going to seem barbaric and uncivilized.
Japan just had the fortune (or misfortune depending on how you look at it) of being forced onto the world stage by the US right when the world powers were forming while Korea just continued being an isolationist nation.
I didn't know about Yi Sun Shi's history, truly a amazing and capable man
From this war, the biggest beneficiary was the Manchus. After this war both Ming and Chosun were too weak to fight off Manchu invasion and Japan was isolated for over 200 years. BTW, Admiral Yi is taught at U.S. Naval Academy.
The Manchus are a fighting people. According to Korean records, five Japanese samurai were equal to one Manchurian warrior(Cause they've been fighting two peoples). Nurhaci's troops were armed with very heavy armor and even fended off Joseon and Ming muskets. In the Battle of Sarhu, the size of the Joseon and Ming forces was much greater, but the result of the battle was disastrous.
@@primarch02 일본군이 쳐들어 오기 전에는 한국군이 이 만주로 넘어가 수시로 주르첸 인들을 학살 했었다.
그들은 용맹하지만 무적은 아니었다 그들이 뭉쳤을때는 강하지만 부족 단위로 있을때는
한국과 중국인 몽골인에게 학살 당하는 약한 존재 였다
많은 기간동안 한국에 복속된 주르첸 부족과 명나라에 복속된 부족이 있었다.
한국과 일본이 전투할때 주르첸 부족이 이 한국의 북쪽을 침략 하였는데 그걸 기억하고 있다가
임진왜란이 끝난후에 한국군이 만주로 넘어가 노토 주르첸 부족을 학살하였다.
그들은 2번의 제국을 세웠지만 첫번째 제국을 세우려 할때 고려군 17만이 먼저 만주 까지 쳐들어 갔음
그들은 고려와 화친을 한후 키탄제국과 송나라 를 멸망시켰지만 고려는 침략 하지 않았음
@@primarch02만주족은 그렇게 대단 하지도 않았음
한국을 침략한 만주족을 죽이고 갑옷을 빼앗아 입은 한국인도 있었다
그들은 운이 좋았을 뿐이다 단순무력은 일본군이 최강이 맞다 그들은 말을 잘타고 화살을 잘쏠뿐이지
칼을 들고 싸운건 그렇게 대단 하지 않았음
@@부엉이형-r8t 이게 뭔 개 씹소리인지 모르겠는데 칼을 들고 싸우는게 중요한건 원시시대에서나 통하지 일본군도 주무기는 활과 창이였고 몽골군도 주무기는 기마궁수였음. 칼싸움 실력이 왜 나옴?
@@부엉이형-r8t 여진족 만명이 모이면 천하를 도모할만하다는 중국 속담처럼 중국인들이 가장 두려워 한 민족은 옛날부터 몽골이나 티벳이 아니라 여진족이였음 누르하치가 기마 전술로 몽골의 절반을 정복한건 알고 있음?
Hadn't seen a Japanese video that wasn't WW2 based. This was very well done and could've even been an entire series too
One common theme is the war crimes they committed
@@cccspwn Isn’t it ironic how pop culture always taught us how “honourable” the Japanese were when in fact it’s the opposite..
@@egoamigo-1377 All thanks to Japanese propaganda, Japanese were evil barbarians in reality. The internet has really helped to unveil Japan's lies.
@@egoamigo-1377 Well, they were in fact honorable. Except for the minor drawback that their idea of honor was collecting as many heads as possible, committing suicide rather than surrendering, and cutting open their own stomachs with a dagger if their honor was damaged, I'd say they were as honorable as pop culture tells us.
@@egoamigo-1377isn't that literally every nation today? Lol
There are really really few men who changed history by their own.
Admiral YI was one of that few men. He changed not only result of war but also fate of nations. Until today, his statue stands at center of Seoul.
Yi Sun Shin was a genius tactician with an unmatched record of naval victories. It's no wonder Koreans are the best StarCraft players.
Lolllll
It's not often talked about, but their main battle ships were the major factors in winning all of his naval battles. Panoksuns were vastly heavier and much taller, equipped with cannons because Korean naval warfare favoured ranged battles, whereas the Japanese ships were designed to be narrow and fast as they favoured boarding on the enemy ships and fight in melee. This enabled vastly outnumbered Korean naval soldiers to shoot and sink Japanese ships even before they could shoot their guns. When the wind and current favoured Koreans, they could simply ram into enemy ships while firing cannons point blank and there wasn't much Japanese navy could do.
In a way, this naval doctrine, and the way they constructed their ships helped General Yi to save Korea from the Japanese.
If Japanese had arquebus vs Korea's bows, Korea had Panoksuns vs Japanese battleships.
@@alexw8758 That's also a lie. Korean ships were built like rubber boats without keels, so they had poor straightness and were slow. The Korean cannons captured by the Japanese army are still stored in Japan, but when you look at them, you can see that their manufacturing precision and accuracy were low. Rapid fire was also impossible. The only effective weapon Joseon had was a flaming arrow. Furthermore, there is no evidence that the Turtle Ship was completed. Of course, there is no record of them fighting against the Japanese army.
@@hiroono1 War criminal nation japan
@user-ib8ei5vo6v In 1820, Japan was estimated at $20.7 billion, Britain at $36.2 billion, the Netherlands at $4.3 billion, Spain at $12.3 billion, Portugal at $3 billion, and the United States at $12.5 billion.
I had never even heard of of this war until about two years ago when I saw a book on it in the library. I was like wtf is this crap, and I spent literally all night reading that damn book.
It was like a medieval DDAY on Juno beach.
And that Korean admiral winning battles, getting sent to jail for being popular from winning too many battles and being asked to win more battles was like something out of a corny movie.
And this was all real life. I was amazed.
Learned more from this video than in my history class. Thanks always for providing such quality content!
probably because u don't read or listen
@@khal7702 Nah, Korean history class doesn't really dig into the detail of actual historical events very much. It's more or less state propaganda best suited for brainwashing people.
@@khal7702 or because the schools classes refuse to teach anything valuable.
@@khal7702 As someone deeply involved in history and almost done with highschool, never have I ever seen at least the (American) education system mention anything in detail like this. Infact, the lack of stories like this one being told in education is the REASON why people sleep/dont read in History class.
@@khal7702 I do have exams in school. Listening to history class is one of the easiest ways to get a good score. You just need to memorize it after class.
Yi Sun Shin's tactics are beautiful and using the elitest mindset of the Japanese warrior caste just perfect. Hail Kings and Generals long may they reign
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19퇴각하는 일본 장군을 기습한 것이 아니라 이순신 장군은 조선을 파괴한 일본인들이 멀쩡히 일본으로 돌아가는것을 원하지 않았다.그리고 일본으로 돌아가려는 부대들중 한 큰 부대를 포위했다.그들에게 복구하기 위해.하지만 포위당한 일본 장군은 명나라 장군에게 뇌물을 받치고 아직 일본으로 돌아가지 않은 다른 일본 부대에 구조 요청을 보냈다.구조 요청을 받은 일본 장군은 이순신이 있는 곳으로 출전했고,이순신은 이 정보를 미리 입수하고 유리한 위치를 선점해 일본군과 전투했다.포위가 풀린 틈을 타서 구조요청을 보낸 일본 장군은 부대를 이끌고 다른 일본군과 함께 싸우지 않고 일본으로 도망쳤다.그리고 이순신은 이 전투에서 사망하면서 "아직 전투 중이니 나의 죽음을 알리지 말아라"라는 유언을 남기고 전사했다.그 전투에서 군사들은 이순신이 죽은 줄도 모르고 전투해서 승리했다.그 외에 무능한 조선 장군들이 일본군에게 패배할 동안 일본군을 상대로 한번도 지지 않으며 일본군의 군사력을 분산 시키고 보급을 지연시켰다.그렇기 때문에 이순신은 한국의 영웅으로 칭송 받고 있다.당신은 마지막 전투 밖에 모른다.알고 있는 전투 내용도 왜곡되어 있다.
@ChinaExterminatorrCopid19그리고 한국에 고조선이라는 고대 국가가 세워지고 멸망하고 고구려,벡제,신라가 건국될때까지 일본에는 국가가 등장하지 않았다.그 당시 일본은 한국보다 미개했다.그리고 발해가 멸망하기 전까지 일본의 땅은 한국보다 작았다.그리고 한국은 중국이 가까이 있어서 잦은 충돌로 인해 영토를 넓히기 어려웠지만 일본은 섬나라이기 때문에 일본 안에서 서로 싸우며 역사를 이어갔다.조선과 임진왜란이라는 전쟁을 하기 전까지 일본은 대륙의 적과 싸운적이 없었다.몽골과 싸웠다고 할 수 있겠지만 태풍이 없었다면 일본은 어떻게 되었을까?그들은 일본보다 강한 중국도 막지 못한 몽골군이었다.
If it had been the spirit of the Japanese elite warriors, they would have immediately armed themselves, led their men, staged a coup, killed the king, killed all the king's vassals, and become the king themselves, or made the king a puppet and seized all power. It is true that the Japanese elite warriors showed high ability in tactics, force, and trickery, but they lacked patriotism and loyalty to protect the people, and it is impossible to compare them with Yi Sun-sin
it's nice to see more and more information and videos being put out about the Imjin War.
Thank you for the video. It was much appreciated to learn such a fascinating history!
Yi Shun Shi one of the heroes that even you aren't Korean was still proud how this General stood up against the odd with his strong and disciplined soldiers.
😂 arrogant Koreans...yi was a sideshow joker when Chinese army defeated Japanese almost all by themselves
Thank you guys for another excellently informative episode. These videos are fantastic. Just trying to imagine leading 13 ships up against hundreds is crazy.
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
there is also the battle of Baekgang around 660s featuring Korea, China and Japan that featured naval battles, probably the first major conflict involving these parties.
I remember watching a few videos about this but Ive never seen one this detailed, well done
13 ship vs hundreds is more like a small detachment vs entire fleet. The true GOAT admiral.
"They didn't just burn their weapons and supplies, but also scuppered their fleet."
That's not your average every day incompetence... thats _advanced incompetence_
This video is amazing!!! So much work into it. I hope you guys know people like me really appreciate it
It's not often talked about, but their main battle ships were the major factors in winning all of his naval battles. Panoksuns were vastly heavier and much taller, equipped with cannons because Korean naval warfare favoured ranged battles, whereas the Japanese ships were designed to be narrow and fast as they favoured boarding on the enemy ships and fight in melee. This enabled vastly outnumbered Korean naval soldiers to shoot and sink Japanese ships even before they could shoot their guns. When the wind and current favoured Koreans, they could simply ram into enemy ships while firing cannons point blank and there wasn't much Japanese navy could do.
In a way, this naval doctrine, and the way they constructed their ships helped General Yi to save Korea from the Japanese.
If Japanese had arquebus vs Korea's bows, Korea had Panoksuns vs Japanese battleships.
@lume7920 you've gone off tangent from what I was talking about, which makes me think this is a copy pasta, but I appreciate the input.
When kings and generals and wizards and warriors upload at the same time and you don't know which one to watch
Wizards and Warriors. Never of that that channel. Will check that out. Thanks.
Just a quick check. Is the voice the same guy ? You just got me hooked on another channel. I won’t be bored this Sunday. Lol.
@@tamara_diamonds422 its the same guy
Porque no los dos?
Coin flip.
Admiral Yi is one of my favourite people from history. He was an absolute BA, who fought for the freedom and well-being of his country. All this despite the fact that the government tortured him, due to jealousy. I lived in Korea for a year and one of my favourite experiences was seeing his famous turtle ship in Yeosu.
@@stereomachine yeah man, I also really like the light canopy they had designed when I was there. I was also able to try “San-nakji” for the first time in Yeosu which was also an incredible experience. I love Korea and I can’t wait to go back.
Great to know you admire Yi Sun Shin.
What would be some of your othet favorite historic figures I wonder.
@@Meowmento here’s a non comprehensive list:
- George Washington
- Augustine
- Thomas Aquinas
- John Calvin
- Cincinnatus
- Friederich Hayek
- Winston Churchill
- Rene Descartes
- Calvin Coolidge
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Admiral Yi
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Cato the Elder
- Marcus Aurelius
- Seneca
- Cicero
- Plato
- Soren Kierkegaard
- Abraham Kuyper
- John Locke
- Boethius
- The Apostle Paul
- Marie Curie
- Dante Alighieri
- Desiderius Erasmus
- Leonidas
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Ernest Hemingway
- El Cid
- Jan Zizka
- William Tyndale
- Judas Macabees
- Thomas Sowell
- Immanuel Kant
- Sun Tzu
- Carl von Clausewitz
- Alfred the Great
- Charlemagne
- Leif Erikson
- Simo Hayha
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- C.S. Lewis
- Adam Smith
- Jonathan Edwards
- Homer
- Josephus
- Charles Martel
- Michael Faraday
- Martin Luther
- Blaise Pascal
- Nicola Tesla
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Otto von Bismarck
- Frederick Douglas
- Milton Friedman
- Ludwig von Mises
- Justinian
- William Blackstone
- Edward Coke
They weren’t perfect, but I have a lot of respect for the lives they lived. There’s a lot that can be gained from their insights.
Currently, there is no data to know the exact design of the Turtle Ship. What you see in Yeosu is an estimate, not a replica of the actual Turtle Ship.
Admiral Horatio Nelson, the one who defeated the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar and crushed Napoleon's maritime ambitions, thought only a few men in history were the perfect warrior-leaders after which he modeled himself. There was, of course, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. But Nelson had also read about Admiral Yi and included Yi in his estimations. Books in French/Italian about Korea and Admiral Yi had been translated to English throughout the late 1700s and were housed in the British Museum's library. This had included excerpts from "The Book of Corrections" or "Jingbirok" written in the late 1500s about the Imjin War. Korean books, in turn, had ended up in Europe starting in the late 1600s thanks to Italian Jesuit missions to China--which included Jesuit embassies to Korea and its court. A few Korean books had also made it to Europe via the tiny amount of Dutch trade with Korea. I tend to think that Nelson's cunning with his fleet at Trafalgar and other battles was inspired by what he read about Admiral Yi's numerous accomplishments during the Imjin War.
lol,you are funny!
@@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre Your mom was fun last night.
Korean books are books from Mainland . Vietnamese, Mainlanders, Koreans, Manchus and Mongolians all use Chinese characters
@user-ib8ei5vo6v When you are stupid but don't realize you are stupid.... you must be one of those old sad lonely Japanese that has nothing to do lmao.
Best channel ever! I'll become a member this year!
I had the privilege of seeing a recreation of one of these turtle ships at the Korean War Museum in Seoul in 2005. Also, nice video!
Yi Sun Shin is that guy who does the hardest difficulty with cheating ai on whilst installing mods that further hinders him challenge and wins without taking damage except in the very last boss where a glitch causes him to take damage.
And still wins!
It's not surprising Koreans are the best StarCraft players
Yi doing micro before it was cool.
It's a pity that the name 'East Sea' was not considered in the video of a famous RUclipsr.
I mean there is reason behind this since the Sea of Japan is more recognized worldwide, And the Japanese coast does encompass more of the water.
This is best english documentary of the Korea Japan war of 1592 that i have ever watched. Great job!
@user-ib8ei5vo6vchina always loses a lot of soldiers in war and they don’t care, they only care about the defense of their land, the main purpose of this war was japans ambitions into making korea a vassal as it already was to china and conquering china, japan has always hated china and this was first attempt they tried to invade china through korea and they failed
1:18:18 There's no proof that Admiral Yi had the makeshift Turtle ships during Myung ryang battle. Since all the Turtle ships were destroyed during Chilchunrang battle, he had to fight 300 Japanese ships with only 13 Panoksuns.
Which makes it even more insane that he not only won. But completly crushed the enemy fleet without losing a single ship of his own.
Its actually pretty unclear how much ships he had and how much the Japanese (where we have no first hand accounts or reports) but indeed everyone in Japan also agreed that it was an amazingly huge victory
If I remember correctly, they were in the middle of constructing turtle ships but could not finish for some reason. They sailed to battle with panoksuns.
Respect to Yi... never heard of him before
Yi Sun-shin is a legendary general in world history
10:08 The reason why the navy of Gyeongsang-do did not engage in naval battles(At the time, there were two naval headquarters in Gyeongsang-do, and the area that was first attacked was under the jurisdiction of another general, not Won Gyun.) was that there was not enough time to mobilize the ships at each base due to the technology of the times. Although some forces were concentrated in Busan due to intelligence just before the war, due to the war that started abruptly, the naval command in Gyeongsang-do could not overcome the overwhelming difference in power between ships and grounded the ship, continuing the battle on land. Yi Sun-sin's Jeolla-do Navy also spent about two weeks mobilizing all forces after hearing the news of the outbreak of war, and a naval commander who had jurisdiction over an area located to the west of Yi Sun-shin took longer to mobilize forces, joining the Joseon Combined Fleet.
1:11:04 Unfortunately, Bae Seol, who preserved the only naval power at the time, deserted right before the Battle of Myeongnyang, and was executed after the war.
1:18:32 Turtle ships were all sunk after the Battle of Chilcheonryang and were not rebuilt until the end of the war. Ships depicted on maps are considered errors.
배설의 탈영으로 인해 12척의 함선이 살아남았고 이 12척으로 명량해전에서 승리함. 이후에 배설은 이 공로가 인정돼서 죽은 이후에 상을 받음
The presentation distinctly understates the number of ears and noses taken back to Japan.
If you ever visit Korea, within Seoul is the Royal Palace of Joseon knwon as Gyeongbok-gung. In front of that palace is a huge road with a park in the middle which has two statues. The one that is sitting down is King Sejeong (inventor of the Korean Language) and the one standing with a sword in his hand is Admiral Yi. The two are the most individuals in Korea.
more accurate, its the Korean alphabet which king Saejeong created
I'm always excited when this channel posts about anything, they are very well detailed and just amazing
This is one of my favorite history videos from you all.
At that time, Japan was very similar to Europe in the Middle Ages. The army was controlled by many lords and was completely local private army. So Japanese shogun were very afraid of them. The Ming Dynasty of China was different. The army was already the property of the emperor. The generals of the Ming Dynasty only had the power to command the war, but could not turn the army into their own private army
不敢苟同，李成梁的边军基本是属于家丁了，只是名义上是明的兵，实际指挥权和控制权都在李成梁手里。
@@edhshsn 精锐护卫才是家丁，军队可不都是自己的家丁精锐。
Wow. Really well done. I imagine such a long video takes a lot. Very happy your willingness to make them
Thanks for the full unedited version! Now more other Korean history please.
that was a great doc, thank you! this Yi sun sin... what a legend
This episode is soo good. You really outdid yourself. The breakdown of the situation all way way down to the battlefields is really well done.
Absolutely a great video,well crafted and extremey neureal and informative.
Great summation of a part of history I never knew much about. Admiral Yi was an amazing commander and I'm definitely going to be looking for a good book about his life. Just signed up for my Sakuraco subscription, looking forward to it.
He actually wrote a diary called Nanjung-Ilgi, definetly worth a read!
Yi Sun Shin has to be the most badass naval commander I've ever heard of
맞습니다 한산도전투에서 3명의 사망자가 발생하였습니다 일본군은 8-9000명 사망한것으로 기록되어있는데 3명의 사망자도 발생하지말앗어야했습니다 이순신은 나쁜지휘관입니다
@@김태형-y2k 모지리야 badass는 나쁘다는 뜻이 아니라 멋지다는 말이야
@@김태형-y2k여기서 badass는 칭찬일텐데ㅋㅋ 혼자 급발진 하시네..
Japan had continuous ambition of korean peninsula in history. History recorded the first thing they did after entering civilization was asking chinese emperor to recognize their dominion of korean peninsula. They fought three wars with china in peninsula，which happened in tang, ming and qing. At the third time, they won the war and finally annexed the Korean.
They also continued to fight WW2 well beyond any hope of winning partly because they wanted to keep Korea. The leadership couldn't agree to even think of ending the war with Japan getting nothing in return for the millions of deaths they already suffered. How could they tell the people it was all for nothing? Since America wasn't going to settle for anything less than unconditional surrender, that wasn't going to happen.
Until more than 2000 years ago, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu were inhabited by an ethnic group called the Wajin (seaman genus). history.
Around the 4th century, Kyushu and the southern part of the Korean Peninsula became vassals of Yamato Province (Japan), but in the 7th century they lost the war with the Tang dynasty and decided to withdraw completely from the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
The southern part of the Korean Peninsula was originally part of Japan's territory, but over time the rulers have changed, including the northern Han, the Tungus, and the Mongols.
Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty = Northern Han People
Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty = Mongol Xianbei
Yuan dynasty = Mongols
Ming Dynasty = Southern Han Chinese
Southern Song = Turkic ethnic group (Uyghur)
Qing Dynasty = Manchu Jurchen
Japan has had a friendly relationship with the Han people in the south since ancient times, but had a hostile relationship with the northern Han people and the Tungus people.
@@山田次郎-e8i I think what you are saying is mimana. Japanese scholars think it exists, Korean scholars think it doesn't. No matter whether it exist, Book of Song recorded that five kings of Wa continuous asked liu song chinese emperor to recognize their dominion of Korean Peninsula. This is the earliest recorded credible history about Japan. I know some Japenese scholars believed that the kings recorded in Book of Sone was the kings recorded in Nihon Shoki. The interest thing is, chinese emperor didn't accept at four times. At the fifth time, perhaps he was moved by the sincerity of sending envoys for decades, finally the liu song chinese emperor recognized what Japan asked.
The three wars happened in AD 663(tang), AD 1592-1598(ming), AD 1894-1895(qing). Japan had wars with almost every dynasty of chinese empire in Korean Peninsula.
Nationlism didn't exist in Ancient Asia.The emperor of the chinese empire were Hans in most of time. But sometimes they may have been Mongols, Manchus, but they all believed that their groups were a part of chinese, their government were the government of chinese empire, they were chinese emperors. This is the ancient Chinese national identity. The most population of chinese empire were Hans at any time. There is also a big part of your perception of the national identity of the Chinese emperor wrong.
Japan had conflicted with chinese empire in Korean Peninsula, it doesn't matter what nationality the emperor is. Chinese emperor wanted to protect Korean, Japan wanted to annex the Korean. That's why the last two wars happened.
@@山田次郎-e8iYou are talking nonsense. The Han Ethnic Group in China has never been divided into the Southern Han Ethnic Group and the Northern Han Ethnic Group, and besides the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, other dynasties are all Han Ethnic Group dynasties.
@@山田次郎-e8i什么乱七八糟的东西？汉人自古就是一体，历史也一脉相承，南方汉人是北方汉人迁徙过去的，母系带有南方土著血统，汉人父系血统的纯粹度是最高的，现在的研究显示如今60%的中国男人父系祖先可以追溯到五个生活在新石器时代的男性。汉人的文化也是一脉相承，从黄帝开始就没要断绝过
fun fact: in eu4 if you play has kora you get admiral ye. and he is the only charector in the game with a perfect 6/6/6 skill set. my man is litterally OP
If you purposefully lose your lands, as Korea, you can become a pirate republic, which means you can actually have Yi as your Pirate King. This was one of my best campaign ever, I lost it all to Jurchens, to become a PR, then took it all back. In 1586, by memory, I got Yi as an admiral by event, so I fired all other admirals and made sure to have my current ruler die ASAP. Not only was he a 6/6/6 admiral, the general's (admiral) skills also impact his rolls on ruler stats, the fucker was also a 6/6/6 ruler with the ship durability trait. This time around, Korea was the one invading Japan in the 1590's and Kyushu was my bounty. I also was rich as hell, from permanently raiding Ming's coast, which kept their mandate low, which in turn made all their attempted invasions utterly patetic.
@@nathanc939 welp as soon as im done with my current ottoman campaign i will be doing a korea one now :D
@@satanwithinternet2753 Enjoy!
There are other crazy ones that can be done, including in MP if you got lads.
@@nathanc939 I went the opposite route, I refused tribute to Ming from the jump, tech’d up to mil 5. Declared for mandate. Took me several attempts but after you take the mandate, it’s pretty much smooth sailing.
@@jamesson1154 i just wanted my country to be led by Admiral Yi. The whole campaign's goal was that. You need to be a pirate republic for that and that means losing most of your lands. I full occupied Jianzhou and force fed them my lands, 2 or 3 times XD.
이순신 장군은 한국에서 가장 존경받는 위인들중 탑5안에 들 정도의 위인인데 (1위 세종)
그 이순신 장군의 활약과 한국의 역사의 대해서
한국 사람도 아닌 외국인이 이렇게 자세하고도 정확한 역사 다큐를 만들어주셔서 한국인으로서 참 감개무량합니다.
좋은 영상 만들어주셔서 감사합니다.
Yi Sun-sin fought under favorable conditions and won the battle, but Japan still managed to achieve its strategic objectives. Even though he agreed to a ceasefire, Yi Sun-sin broke it and launched an attack, only to be defeated and killed. I don't understand why someone like that is respected. Do people not know the real story?"
@@sento8718명과 일본 휴전 이겠지 그리고 도중에 일본이 진주성 공격
세종은 노비종모법이 ㅠ
@@DonaldJohnTrump0614 노비 폭증의 원인은 세종의 잘못이 아닙니다. 그렇다면 출산한 산모 노비에게는 100일의 휴가, 산모의 남편인 노비에게는 30일 가량의 휴가를 법적으로 줄 것을 지시했으며, 노비를 함부로 죽이지 말라는 지시를 내린 것은 어떻게 설명할 수 있겠습니까. 인간은 누구나 그 시대에 따라 속박되어 살아갑니다. 세종도 당연 그 시대에 맞게 정치 사안들을 펼쳐낸 것이겠지요. 현 시대에 살고 있는 어느 기업 수장도, 하다못해 여러 측면, 여러 평가가 엇갈리는 박정희만 보더라도 한 면 만을 보고 얘기 한다면 나쁜 정치인 저 매국노 새끼 간편하게 말 할 수 있어요. 어느 면만을 극단적으로 본다면 우리나라를 그래도 이렇게까지 끌어올려 준 역대 최고의 대통령 이렇게 평가 내릴 수도 있는 것 이구요. 제가 당부 드리고 싶은 건 역사적인 역대 위인들의 여러 면을 보고 그 시대상을 이해하며 이러저러해서 이러한 판단을 내렸겠구나 하는 나무 말고 전체적인 숲을 볼 수 있는 통찰력을 가졌으면 좋겠습니다.
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The sight of a Geobukseon must have truly been a terrifying moment for the Japanese fleet.
Watch the Korean film The Admiral: Roaring Currents. It's not the most historical accurate movie and is sometimes blockbuster levels of cheezy, but perfectly sets up the virtually impossible odds Yi Sun-sin faced yet smashed like hundreds of Japanese ships! And knowing the full context of the war will make watching it again simply amazing!
There's already a prequel to the movie it's called Hansan: Dragon Rising. It depicts one of Yi Sun-sin early major battles in the first invasion. So cool
They kind of have to because if they showed what really happened aka the Japanese navy being curbed stomped by admiral yi wouldn’t have been dramatic enough while potentially making the battles boring.
It was historically inaccurate that Admiral Yi's flagship was boarded by the Japanese in that movie.
@@jonathanresurreccion2995 일본은 봉건사회였기 때문에 히데요시에게 반감을 가진 일본군도 상당히 있었고 수만명의 일본군이 조선에 투항해서 싸웠다. 그들은 대부분 북쪽 국경의 군인으로 파견되었고 자신들의 마을을 만들고 살았으며 이괄의 반란때 다수가 이괄의 군대에서 복무하다가 진압당했다.
@TV만리허 I don't understand Hangul sorry.
Admiral Yi's life is the most Korean Drama ever.
The funny thing about the guy who made this is that he put a Japanese snack ad at the front while explaining about the Imjin War. It is certain that he was sponsored by the Japanese side. Imjin War is a war in which Japan killed innocent Koreans. But the person who made this video is so funny that he put a Japanese snack ad at the front of the video and devoted a lot of the video to introducing the Japanese general. It is also funny that he introduced Korea's brave generals as if there is no one except Yi Sun-shin. The most important battle during the Imjin War is the Battle of Jinju Castle, and the fact that he left out the video proves that he really lost understanding
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This is one of the best videos on any historical topics on YT, the only shortcoming is imo that they completely skipped through the peace talks between the two invasions, because those were fascinating too.
During the Imjin War i, Japan kidnapped Joseon potters and revived the ceramic industry, and made foreign currency by exporting ceramics made in Japan's Kyushu Saga and Kagoshima prefectures to Europe.
At that time, the ceramic industry was the same cutting-edge technology as the semiconductor industry today.
But North Korea's ceramic technology still lags behind China's, and it is impossible to have such a big impact.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب This is true. Its even written in Japanese books.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese aristocrats coveted Korean studies and ceramics and plundered numerous technicians, scholars, and cultural assets during the war. In particular, Japan and Korea
They kidnapped potters, treated them with utmost respect, and encouraged them to pass on their pottery skills to Japan. In fact, if you go to the Japanese Ceramics Museum
The beginning of their own pottery history is recorded in 1602 (consistent with the end of the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592). The shrine is still in operation.
After the war, Japan developed Japanese pottery based on the techniques handed down by Korean potters, and pottery trade with Europe blossomed.
From this period, Japanese porcelain products became popular in Europe.
Immediately after the end of the war, the cultural levels of Korea and Japan begin to reverse.
Korea has become a heap of ashes deprived of numerous cultural assets, buildings and technologies.
Japan made its own technology and culture that it looted from Korea.
Japan enjoyed a splendid heyday in the Edo period by selling pottery made with Joseon's technology to Europe with money.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Take a look at the names of the people worshiped at the shrine as the founders of Japanese pottery. They have Korean names.
They are Joseon pottery craftsmen kidnapped by Japan during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592.
Admiral Yi is without a doubt the best naval commander the world has ever seen. I'll pay my respects to the Invincible Admiral when I visit S.Korea one day.
This man literally saved Korea from the samurai, if not the Chinese. (I was kind of rooting for the samurai but even though they put up a good fight, they got the short stick in the end.)
待ち伏せして返り討ちにされる男😂
It seems Yi Sun-shin is now the consensus greatest admiral of all time.
That was very well done! Happy I stumbled across your channel.
Its important to note that Sin Lip's force in the early stage of the war were the elite calvary troops drawn from the North.
Love the immediate segway to a Japanese snack food advertisement. It was smooth, almost effortless. Well played Kings, Generals, and Ninjas!
What Admiral Yi did with 13 turtle ships near the end... sad to think of all those who died because no one in Japan knew what else to do with all of those idle warriors after the internal strife... (they had no idea about pursuing Broader Survival against a harsh and deadly universe)...
He lost all his turtle ships. The 13 ships he had were just reinforced regular ships.
During the invasion, the Japanese advanced so fast that the Chinese suspected that the Koreans were collaborating and letting the Japanese through the country. Nope, just Korean leadership incompetence and corruption. Corruption does terrible things to an army; something a current big country is learning yet again.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "No! You can't attack me with a fully armored ship!"
Yi Sun-Shin: "Ha ha, Geobukseon go boom boom!"
Damn, Yi Sun Shin truly was an incredible tactician, how did he win with 25:1 odds?!
고대했던 임진왜란 종합편이 드디어 나왔네요. 한국역사상 가장 처절하고 피비린내 나는 전쟁인 임진왜란을 균형잡힌 시긱에서 다뤄주셔서 감사합니다.
북한은 임진왜란 때 일본이 조선에서 도자기 뿐만 아니라 금속활자도 약탈해갔다고 주장하고 있습니다.
오늘날에는 북한에서 장거리 탄도미사일을 일본 영토를 가로질러 북태평양으로 시험발사하는데, 일본의 한반도 재침략에 대한 대응이라고 주장합니다.
일본은 북한의 미사일 발사를 구실로 재무장에 박차를 가하고 있으니 임진왜란 전 조선과 일본 정세를 생각나게 합니다.
@@عليياسر-ذ5بYou say that, but my understanding is that those groups were interested in capturing and enslaving the peasants-the Japanese were awarded based on the number of ears and noses of their enemies-so they had little motivation for a living civilian body in Korea…
이미 놔왔었습니다. 이 편은 리마스터 버전이라고 생각하시면 됩니다.
사실 피해도로 따지면 임진왜란보단 몽골침략이 훨씬 더 크긴 합니다. (몽골의 침략은 대등한 입장에서의 전쟁이라기보단 일방적으로 두들겨 맞는데도 항복 안하고 버티던것에 가깝지만요)
@@kokekuka24 ...뭐, 초반엔 우리도 다른 나라에도 자랑해 주고 싶을 만큼 어느 정도 수월했지만요... 중반부턴 말그대로 두둘겨 맞았죠...
Really appreciate your teams attention to details. I enjoy learning about the nuances of each battle and the mindset of the soldiers and leaders of each battle.
The quality never stops!
I teach history and I'm not Korean so I never heard about Yi before today. Naturally, I went to read up on him and while some events certainly seem tainted by later Korean propaganda, this guy was definitely right up there with some of the more famous admirals in history, quite possibly surpassing even people like Themistocles, Nelson and Nimitz. It seems that few if any were as good at exploiting the enemy's weaknesses as Yi was. Rightfully deserves his place as one of the greatest national heroes of Korea.
@lovegab6333Yeah if Japan continued the war they would have eventually made Korea submit and China withdraw. The Admiral was really the only one keeping the country successful in their resistance, all of their officials were incompetent and cowardly. Even in this video their most capable leaders were just mere peasants who organized revolts.
@lovegab6333 Tell us you're biased EVEN WITH statistical facts without telling us you're biased. 😂😂 Korea wasn't always a small country. You've never heard of Gwanggaeto the Great who in his prime had conquered for Korea that is about 3 -5 times the size it is now (I'm including NK too). Japan wasn't always a civilized nation, but Korea always was. Way earlier in history in the Three Kingdoms Era of Korea, two of the kingdoms practically raced each other to give culture and influence to what was a barbaric country that is now Japan. Japan has a LOT, I mean a LOT of influence from Korea. They even kidnapped Korean potters because their pottery was top quality in Asia (most likely the world) at that time, and as an apology and "compensation," they built a shrine in Japan dedicated to those potters. Talk about taking in one side of the story that is convenient for you 😊
Wdym Korean propaganda lmao
@lovegab6333 "25% of the Japanese forces" is an arrogant lie. Japan couldn't even send more. Because Korean navy has ruled the sea. And Japan's population was smaller than Korea.
@lovegab6333 Japan was a vassal state of Korea 🥰 u forgot who taught you how to make steel?
Yi Sun Sin is my favorite admiral after Hayreddin and Zheng He 👀
My man had a real-life anime moment like seven times.
Zheng He wasn't really an admiral. He was more of a explorer although he did serve as an admiral, none of his battles are of noteworthy but as an martime explorer he was great.
Really nice video. Usually East Asian history focusses mostly on China but it is nice to see the other 2 players getting there fair share of attention
The Imjin war is mostly between Ming’s China and Hideyoshi’s Japan, except the Myeongyang battle which is what the video focused on.
@@jinxinliu2497 It seems you haven't watched the video.
@@jinxinliu2497 이 전쟁에 관한 논의에서 항상 한국인은 조선을 과대평가하고 중국인은 명나라를 과대평가한다.
Korea and Japan rose to more importance in the region after 1500s, and it continues to this day. It’s because of a globalized world which gave importance to sea access. Before that the East Asia is more centered around the Silk Road trading through Eurasian continent
Southief Korea is a country without long history and independent culture. This is a country that seems to be on the losing side in all its wars, and a small country that is arrogant.
Of alll the ways to learn this story of Admiral Yi, I learned of it through the game Empire: Dawn of the Modern Age, in which you play as him and puts you in massive odds navally, only to uno reverse it and boost your ships to ridicilous heights to demonstrate Yi's dogged determination. Nice to see :)
Loved that game!
That game was ahead of it’s time