Kubai Khan invades Japan, but typhoon sinks about 4,000 Mongol ships

Category
War
Place
Japan
Date
1281
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"In 1264, Kublai Khan took Beijing to seize control of northern China and battled the remains of the Sung dynasty in the south. The Sung's ally, the Emperor of Japan, HijoTokimune, was Kublai Khan's next target. . . . Archeology has suggested that their flat-bottomed boats were for river use, and unsuitable for storms at sea. The second defeat ended the Mongol aspirations of expansion, and was celebrated in Japan as being the results of a kami kaze ('divine wind')." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Mongol Conquests
1206
1368
Wars
Kamakura Period
1186
1333
Japanese