Korea and surrounding seas · Animated schematic fronts

Imjin War: Japanese invasions of Korea

Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered two invasions of Korea. Korean armies and navy, supported by Ming China, resisted the invasions; destruction, massacres and forced deportations affected the population. Japanese forces withdrew in 1598.

This war had no continuous front. The line is a schematic limit of advance and operations: it summarises campaigns and is not a trench line or an administrative border. The coloured areas are operational sides, not evidence of contiguous occupation; in-between frames are interpolated and closing edges are graphic. The line connects the furthest positions of the Japanese armies; dates are at month level (converted from the lunar calendar), and the war at sea and the resistance of the 'righteous armies' behind the line are not shown.