History Lives - Baekje Edition: Episode 25: The Battle of Baekgang - East Asia's Great Naval Battle

Key points in 3 lines

1. On the 27th and 28th days of the eighth lunar month in 663, the allied Tang and Silla forces defeated the Wa and Baekje restoration forces at Baekgang, ending the Baekje restoration movement.
2. The Tang navy, numbering about 170 ships and just over 10,000 men, blocked the river mouth and used pincer attacks and fire, burning 400 Wa ships.
3. After the defeat, Wa built defensive facilities such as Onojo and Kiijo in 665, and in 667 moved its capital to Ōmi.

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