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The Takeda clan (武田氏 Takeda-shi?) was a Japanese clan active from the late Heian Period (794 – 1185) until the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. The clan was historically based in Kai Province ...
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... huge melee. Although Yamagata Masakage was skilled in combat, which was also proved this day, he was no match for a hail of bullets, which shot him from his horse. At this point in the battle Takeda Katsuyori ...
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... Takeda were forced to retire and the siege was lifted. The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. Can you change history?
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HISTORY DETAILS Even though Takeda Katsuyori was faced with a numerically superior force, Katsuyori, over the objections of his veteran commanders, opted to attack. Wary of the Takeda cavalry charge, Oda ...
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HISTORY DETAILS By midday Kosaka's flanking force was across the Chikumagawa and charged into the rear of the Uesugi army. Caught between Kosaka from the rear and Shingen, who had reformed the Takeda battle ...
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HISTORY DETAILS The Uesugi troops had pushed forward and were in sight of Takeda Shingen's command tent. Shingen, unaware the enemy was so close, had been directing the battle when his headquarters and ...
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HISTORY DETAILS When the head of the Mori Clan died suddenly, Takeda Motoshige saw the opportunity to advance into Mori territory and captured Arita Castle. Provoked into action, Motonari, just a young ...
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HISTORY DETAILS In the summer of 1575. Takeda Katsuyori led his army into the Tokugawa domain and besieged Nagashino Castle. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu led a combined army to relieve the siege. They ...
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HISTORY DETAILS After his retreat to Hamamatsu castle, the Takeda army leaders suspected a trick and did not attack the castle, when they saw the open castle gate, light of the fires and heard the Tokugawa ...
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HISTORY DETAILS By 1572 Takeda Shingen was at the height of his power largely due to his superb Samurai cavalry. Although Tokugawa Ieyasu was not his greatest threat, Ieyasu would not grant the Takeda ...
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HISTORY DETAILS Catching the Hojo totally unprepared, the Takeda invasion was swift and the Hojo base at Odawarra was surrounded. The enemy, however, refused to fight outside the fortress and Takeda Shingen, ...
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... moved forward. While the Takeda units, deployed in a “Crane Wing” formation and could not bring units forward as quickly. Yamamoto Kansuke, seeing his army being pushed back, realized that “Operation Woodpecker” ...
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... resulted in indecisive encounters. In 1561, Uesugi Kenshin marched to Kawanakajima determined to bring the fight to Takeda Shingen for a final and decisive battle. A series of signal-fires, however, ...
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HISTORY DETAILS Takeda Motoshige, learning of the fate of Motonao, marched to the Matauchi River and found Motonari and his allies on the opposite bank. Although outnumbered, Motonari decided to attack ...
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Battle of Mimasetōge Pass, 1569
The battle of Mimasetōge took place in 1569, as the forces of Takeda Shingen withdrew from repeated failed sieges of the Hōjō clan's Odawara Castle in the Kanagawa Prefecture ...
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... 1561 - phase 5 Takeda Pincer Attack (page 6) o The Uesugi Samurai Cavalry unit symbol in the center of the Uesugi line should actually be a Samurai Infantry unit symbol and the Takeda Samurai Cavalry unit ...
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... three battles were willing to commit and therefore resulted in indecisive encounters. In 1561, Uesugi Kenshin marched to Kawanakajima determined to bring the fight to Takeda Shingen for a final and decisive ...
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... units to be replaced by fresh troops as the forces moved forward. While the Takeda units, deployed in a “Crane Wing” formation and could not bring units forward as quickly. Yamamoto Kansuke, seeing his ...
