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The Japanese invasions of Korea of 1592-1598 or Imjin War involved two separate yet linked invasions: an initial invasion in 1592, a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597. In 1591, Admiral Yi Sun Sin had been appointed Left Navy Commander of Cholla Province, charged with protecting Korea's southwest coast. During the first year of the invasion, Admiral Yi engaged in ten successive naval victories that decimated the Japanese navy. Admiral Yi won his ninth victory at the Battle of Pusan-p'o. His fleet of 92 ships, spearheaded by the turtle ship, encountered 470 Japanese vessels and sunk 100 of them while only losing only seven of his own sailors. A few months later, the Korean navy defeated the Japanese fleet at Ungp'o. With this tenth successive naval victory, Admiral Yi was appointed Supreme Naval Commander of the Three Southern Provinces. Source: S. Ford (1997), The Failure of the 16th century Japanese invasions of Korea

1591 1592 1596 1597 Appointed Brief Charged Cholla Decimated Defeated Encountered Engaged Failure Imjin Initial Invasions Involved Koreas Linked Losing Ninth Protecting Provinces Separate Source Southwest Successive Sunk Tenth Truce Turtle Victories

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