Bongoh town Battle

Bongoh town Battle
Part of the Korean Independence Movement
Date June 6–7, 1920 Location Bongoh town, Jílín, China Result Korean Victory
Belligerents
Imperial Japanese Army	Northern military administration office army, Korea independent army
Commanders and leaders
Yaskawa Jiro Nihimi Jiro	Hong Pomdo Choi Chin-dong Yi Heungsu An Mu
Strength
490~500	about 1,200 ~1,300
Casualties and losses
157killed and 300 wounded	13killed and 2 wounded

The Bongoh town Battle(봉오동 전투, 鳳梧洞戰鬪) was a Korean independence militia and Japanese battle in Manchuria. In June 6 to June 7, 1920 a confrontation between under the command of Honh Pomdo(홍범도, 洪範圖) and Choi Chin-dong(최진동, 崔振東)s 1,300 Korean independence militia and some Japanese suppression battalion 500 peoples. that was one of early domestic support operations of independence military. It occurred during the campaign of the Japanese army in Jiandao, during Japanese occupation of Korea.

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