What was the main reason for the Japanese victory over the Mongols in the 13th Century?

Question

Yeah, like who cares? As a hopeless supporter of underdogs, I do.

Answer 1

I studied this in my AP World Class not too long ago so I am positive I am correct. The Japanese had inferior weapons and battle tactics. There is no question that if everything was normal then the Japanese would have been wiped out. However, during the night, when the Mongols were sailing to Japan ready to carry out their first major strike, a major typhoon hit their platoon and drowned more than 200 of the Mongols ships. The ones who made it to Japan were forced to retreat and so the Mongolian attempt was a failure. The Japanese saw that event as divine and claimed that they were protected by gods. They called the natural disaster "Kamikaze" (divine wind) and their belief that they were being guarded was renewed. The Mongols actually had a second attempt at conquering Japan but the EXACT same thing happened over again. What bad luck. So Japan was never taken over by Mongol forces.

Answer 2

The main reason for the Japanese victory over the Mongols was a naval one. The Mongols were not as adept at naval warfare and transport as the Japanese. Japan is an island nation and, therefore, its people are more experienced at shipbuilding. The Mongols were not, and, as a result, their ships were poorly built and poorly manned. These factors, as well as a lack of experience at sea, specifically when it came to violent weather conditions, caused the Mongol Fleet to fail miserably. Many of their ships were destroyed in storms. When they landed, they were overrun by the Japanese warriors, whose fighting style was more adaptive than the Mongol fighting style (which focused on strength and brutality).

Answer 3

Both times, a storm (what the Japanese reverently refer to as a "divine wind" or kamikaze) destroyed most of the invading Mongol fleet. The survivors struggled to shore but were massacred by the waiting Japanese soldiers or samurai

Answer 4

A storm that sunk most of the Mongol fleet !!!!! No technology no skills just dumb luck or devine providence depending on your out look. That is how Japanese suicide pilots got the name kamakazi it means divine wind as that is how they beat the Mongols.

Answer 5

"the dark ages(middle ages) are also dark in terms of military
ingenuity,tactics and strategy with exceptions like the Normans,the celebrated battle of Bouvain(1214) and few others;but the above achievements of the arms are of very mediocre value in comparison with the feats of the Mongolian cavalry;that magnificent cavalry conquered Eurasia from the Pacific ocean to Kattaron(nowdays Split) in
the Adriatic sea(1242) and western Europe lay prostate with
nothing to match tem with."* The Mongol campaign in winter(!)1241 against Europe is an all-time classic of indirect strategy approach:"their success is due to three main factors:(ibid.) the quality of the Mongolian pony and the Mongolian bow;they made daily marches of 70 klm a day-more than our armoured divisions ever did(Guderian in his advance to the sea-54klm a day) and even more so because
their logistics was minimal";their bow had double the range of the bows of that time,and finally their military law(yasaki) that equalled disobedience with capital common law crimes;their cavalry was divided into squadrons regiments and corps of 100,1000and 10000 respectively all moving silently on the battlefield with the aid of military signal flags".
That introduction was to dispel notions of 'brutal strength' etc
harboured here;it is enough to mention that the 1241 campaign against Europe is taught in all tank academies and
the father of the tank tactics theory ,Basil H. Liddel-Heart has based his theory on the movements of that cavalry...
In the sea they had to depend on Chinese ships and marines
to create the space in the bridgehead for the cavalry to move
and manoevre;unfortunately the chinese infantry was not of Mongol standards and failed to do so inthe face of approximately 75000 samurai...had they succeeded ,theJapanese would not stand a hope in hell against the heavilly armored Mongol tumans...

Answer 6

another homework question??

CLUE: weather related.

And bad workmanship by the enslaved Chinese on the Mongol Fleet.

Answer 7

Traitors!

Answer 8

you can probably look at most wars and see that better technology is the real factor that tips the scales.

Answer 9

the Hydrogen bomb