Battle of Fengwudong

Battle of Fengwudong
Part of the Korean Independence Movement
Date 6–7 June 1920 Location Fengwudong, Jilin, China Result Korean Victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan  Imperial Japanese Army	Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Korean Northern Army Command
Commanders and leaders
Yasukawa Jiro Nihimi Jiro	Hong Beom-do Choi Jin-dong [ko] Yi Heungsu [ko] An Mu [ko] Han Gyeong-se
Strength
500	about 1,200 ~1,300[1]
Casualties and losses
Japanese record: 1 killed and 2 wounded[2] Korean claim: 157 killed and 300 wounded[2]	4 killed and 2 wounded[2]

The Battle of Fengwudong (Korean: 봉오동 전투; Hanja: 鳳梧洞戰鬪) was a battle between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in Manchuria. It took place between 6 and 7 June 1920, and was one of the earliest domestic support operations of the Korean independence forces. It was a battle in which independence army units defeated the Japanese regular army in Bongo-dong, Manchuria in 1920. The battle began when the independence armies led by Hong Beom-do and Choi Jin-dong attacked and destroyed the Japanese military police border post. The independence army that lured out the Japanese soldiers killed 120 Japanese soldiers and then carried out an operation to continue luring the Japanese soldiers to Bongo-dong. The independence army, which reorganized the combined forces and was in ambush in the Bongo-dong Valley, opened fire all at once when the Japanese army entered the siege, killing 157 Japanese regular soldiers and injuring about 200 others. The reason for this overwhelming victory was the independence army's heightened morale, the commander's foresight, and excellent operational planning.^[3]