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The Tiger and the Turtle: Samurai Invasion of Korea

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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'Tiger Hunting'

samurai lord, cato ciomasa, the tiger, was getting irritated. They had captured sol in less than a month, and still the korean court had not surrendered. The year old cato takes his army northeast to subdue one of the last corners of the country. Cato's army covers a huge amount of ground, miraculously fast,. easily brushing aside any korean resistance. All told, when measured from the starting point of the invasion to the northernmost point cato reaches. Historian samuel hawley, says the distance was almost equivalent to napoleon's march from paris to moscow in 18 12.

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