21SAMURAI BATTLE OF NAGASHINOKATSUYORI VERSUSIEYASU AND NOBUNAGA (1575)
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The Battle of Nagashino pitted the famed Samurai cavalry charge against more or less modern firearms. Takeda Katsuyori had laid siege to Nagashino Castle in central Japan. A relief force consisting of the armies of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga arrived and engaged Katsuyori on the plain of Shitaragahara. A rainstorm the night before the battle, which left the ground muddy and a small river across the plain, convinced ...
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