Bombardment of the Selee River Forts
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Bombardment of the Selee River Forts | |||||||
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Part of the United States expedition to Korea | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Joseon | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 gunboats | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 wounded 1 gunboat damaged | 2 forts damaged |
The Bombardment of the Selee River Forts, or the Bombardment of Ganghwa, was the result of a Korean attack on two United States Navy warships supporting the Korean Expedition in 1871. The incident broke down relations between Korea and the United States diplomatic expedition sent to establish trade agreements with the Joseon monarchy. The Battle of Ganghwa was fought as a punitive action against the Korean batteries which had attacked USS Palos.
See also[]
- Battle of the Pearl River Forts
References[]
- Nahm, Andrew C. (1996). Korea: A history of the Korean people (2nd ed.). Seoul: Hollym. ISBN 1-56591-070-2.
- Gordon H. Chang, "Whose "Barbarism"? Whose "Treachery"? Race and Civilization in the Unknown United States-Korea War of 1871," Journal of American History, Vol. 89, No. 4 (Mar., 2003), pp. 1331–1365 in JSTOR
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1871
- 1871 in Korea
- Sieges involving Korea
- 19th-century military history of the United States
- Naval engagements of the Korean Conflict involving the United States
- Korea–United States relations
- Battles and conflicts without fatalities
- June 1871 events