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Battle of Kanghwa

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South Korea

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Kanghwa (1871), part of the US Korean Expedition. United States defeated Korea.

Belligerents2

United States
Korea

ON THE MAPJoseon Dynasty

Conflict graph

PART OFUnited States expedition to Korea

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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