Battle of Pungdo

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military engagement naval battle

The Battle of Pungdo was a pivotal 1894 naval engagement between Japan and China near Korea that helped trigger full-scale hostilities in the First Sino-Japanese War and showcased the rising power of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of the Yalu River	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Feng-tao ⓘ Battle off Pungdo ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ
causeOf	escalation of tensions between Japan and Qing China ⓘ
combatant	Beiyang Fleet ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
conflict	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
consequence	strengthened Japanese control over sea approaches to Korea ⓘ undermined Chinese ability to reinforce forces in Korea ⓘ
countryNear	Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea
date	1894-07-25 ⓘ
era	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji period Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: late Qing dynasty
followedBy	formal declaration of war between Japan and China in 1894 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
involvedNation	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea (as theater of operations)
location	near Asan Bay ⓘ off Pungdo Island ⓘ west coast of Korea ⓘ
notableEvent	sinking of the Chinese transport Kowshing by the Japanese cruiser Naniwa ⓘ
partOf	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
precededBy	Donghak Peasant Rebellion-related tensions ⓘ
primaryParticipants	Chinese cruiser and gunboat forces ⓘ Japanese protected cruisers ⓘ
primaryWeaponry	naval guns ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
relatedTo	Donghak Peasant Rebellion in Korea ⓘ surface form: Donghak Peasant Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ surface form: Japanese intervention in Korea (1894)
result	Japanese victory ⓘ
shipInvolved	Chinese cruiser Jiyuan ⓘ Chinese gunboat Kwang-yi ⓘ Chinese transport Kowshing ⓘ Japanese cruiser Akitsushima ⓘ Japanese cruiser Naniwa ⓘ Japanese cruiser Yoshino ⓘ
significance	demonstrated the rising power of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ helped trigger full-scale hostilities in the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
strategicObjective	interdiction of Chinese troop transports to Korea ⓘ
theater	Yellow Sea ⓘ surface form: Yellow Sea theater of operations
typeOfEngagement	surface naval action ⓘ
year	1894 ⓘ

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First Sino-Japanese War → significantEvent → Battle of Pungdo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Yalu River