Battle Of Nagashino, 1575, In The Civil War In Japan From 1573 To 1615

By André Geraque Kiffer

The Battle of Nagashino took place on June 28, 1575 near Nagashino Castle on Shitarabara Plain in Mikawa Prefecture, Japan. Many historians cite it as the first modern Japanese battle. I will simulate a hypothesis in which Takeda makes better use of the terrain and available means, without sacrifices – in the style of the simulated medieval European battles in my books “Battle of Créçy, 1346” and “Battle of Agincourt, 1415” (in my series “Historical Simulation of Wars in the Medieval Era”). And, for this, he will defend himself in the style of the Roman Julius Caesar, theme of my book “Campaign and Battle of Alesia, 52 BC” (in my “Historical Simulation of the Roman Wars” series), internally against the castle s 500-strong garrison and externally against the Oda-Tokugawa army of 38,000.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clube de Autores
• Release date: Feb 4, 2024

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ANDRÉ  GERAQUE  KIFFER

Battle  of  Nagashino,  1575, in  the  Civil  War  in  Japan

from  1573  to  1615.

A  historical  simulation

Author's  Edition Rio  de  Janeiro

2022

---  Kiffer,  André  Geraque.

Battle  of  Nagashino,  1575,  in  the  Civil  War  in  Japan  from 1573  to  1615.  A  historical  simulation.  André  Geraque  Kiffer.

Author’s  Edition,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  2022. Bibliography:  92  p.  39  im.  21  cm..

1.  History.  2.  Art  of  War.  3.  Science  of  War.  4.  War Games.  I.  Author.  II.  Title.

ISBN  978-65-00-54739-9

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3 PROLOGUE

As  a  Military  Historian  I  rely  on  a  summary  of  the historical  fact,  I  analyze  and  highlight  the  decisive factors,  before  simulating  hypotheses  what  if… hypotheses  through  a  board  game.  In  the simulation,  all  possibilities  of  the  purpose  of  the study  are  completed,  when  the  past  of  history  is analyzed  based  on  the  theory  of  the  present  and projected  for  similar  situations  in  the  future.  Since 2010  I  have  published  the  following  series  of simulations:  I.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  Wars  of the  First  Empires;  II.  Historical  Simulation  of  the Wars  in  Classical  Greece;  III.  Historical  Simulation of  the  Roman  Wars;  IV.  Historical  Simulation  of Wars  in  the  Medieval  Era;  V.  Historical  Simulation of  Wars  in  the  Modern  Era  (1453  to  1774);  VI. Historical  Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Age  of Revolutions  (1775  to  1860);  VII.  Historical Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Industrial  Age  (1861  to 1913);  "VIII.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  First  World

War;  IX.  Historical  Simulation  of  World  War  II;  X.

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Historical  Simulation  of  the  Cold  War  (1917  to 1991);  and  XI.  Historical  Simulation  of Contemporary  Wars  (1991  to  ...)". Keywords:  History.  Art  of  War.  Science  of  War.  War

Games.

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HISTORICAL  FACT.…………..…….….……………6 HISTORICALANALYSIS….……………..…………18 HISTORICAL  SIMULATION…..……………………23 ANNEXES........………………………………………77

REFERENCES....……………………………………91

6 HISTORICAL  FACT

The  Discovery  of  Japan

The  first  human  inhabitants  of  the  Japanese archipelago  have  been  traced  back  to  prehistoric times  around  30,000  BC..

Im  1:  First  peoples.

Around  the  3rd  century  BC,  the  Yayoi  people from  the  Asian  continent  immigrated  to  the Japanese  archipelago  and  introduced  iron technology  and  agricultural  civilization.  The  Yayoi began  to  grow  rapidly  and  eventually  outnumbered the  Jomon  people,  natives  of  the  Japanese archipelago  who  were  hunter-gatherers.  The  first written  reference  to  Japan  was  recorded  in  the

Chinese  Book  of  Han  of  the  first  century  BC.

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Between  the  4th  and  9th  centuries  CE,  Japan's many  kingdoms  and  tribes  were  gradually  unified under  a  centralized  government,  nominally controlled  by  the  Emperor  of  Japan.  The  imperial dynasty  established  at  this  time  continues  to  this day,  albeit  in  an  almost  entirely  ceremonial  role.

Im  2:  The  Chinese  Han  dynasty.

In  794,  a  new  imperial  capital  was  established at  Heian-kyô  (modern  Kyoto),  marking  the

beginning  of  the  Heian  period  in  Japanese  history,

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which  lasted  until  1185.  This  period  is  considered  a golden  age  of  classical  Japanese  culture.  Japanese religious  life  from  this  time  onwards  was  a syncretism  between  native  Shinto  practices  and Buddhist  aliens.

Im  3:  Japanese  clans.

Over  the  next  few  centuries,  the  power  of  the imperial  house  waned,  passing  first  to  large  clans  of civil