Nagashino 1575 - Slaughter at the Barricades

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world's leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War . Klappentext When Portuguese traders took advantage of the constant violence in Japan to sell the Japanese their first firearms, one of the quickest to take advantage of this new technology was the powerful daimyo Oda Nobunaga. In 1575 the impetuous Takeda Katsuyori laid siege to Nagashino castle, a possession of Nobunaga's ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu. An army was despatched to relieve the siege, and the two sides faced each other across the Shidarahara. The Takeda samurai were brave, loyal and renowned for their cavalry charges, but Nobunaga, counting on Katsuyori's impetuosity, had 3,000 musketeers waiting behind prepared defences for their assault. The outcome of this clash of tactics and technologies was to change the face of Japanese warfare forever. Zusammenfassung Japan in the 16th century was made up of effectively independent kingdoms led by warrior leaders. The author examines this period of Japanese history, looking at the commanders and armies and the way in which the destruction of the elite Takeda army affected the Samurai on all sides. Inhaltsverzeichnis Nagashino and the Age of War The Takeda Clan Opposing Commanders Opposing Armies Opposing Plans The Siege of Nagashino Castle The Battle of Nagashino Aftermath Military Lessons of Nagashino Select Bibliography The Battlefield Today Wargaming Nagashino

Product details

• Authors: S.R. Turnbull, Stephen Turnbull, Turnbull Stephen
• Assisted by: Howard Gerrard (Illustration), Gerrard Howard (Illustration), Christa Hook (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2000
• EAN: 9781855326194
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-619-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 248 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Campaign series; Campaign; Osprey Military Campaign S.; Campaign; Osprey Military Campaign S.; Campaign series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Japan, European History, military history, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Asia / Japan, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Ancient History, Asian History, Special and elite forces, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, War and defence operations, BCE period – Protohistory, Land forces and warfare