WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 23 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 23, 2019
1592: During the Japanese invasions of Korea, the Yeongwon Castle is besieged by the Japanese Fourth Division led by Itō Suketaka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yeongwon
1600: In the Battle of Gifu Castle, the eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gifu_Castle
http://www.japanese-castle-explorer.com/castle_profile.html?name=Gifu
1765: Beginning of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese%E2%80%93Siamese_War_(1765%E2%80%931767)
1839: The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares to war with China. The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War
1884: French Admiral Courbet destroys the Chinese Fujian fleet in Fuzhou
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Foochow
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8066.html
1896: The First Cry of the Philippine Revolution (for independance) is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila
http://www.philippine-history.org/cry-of-pugadlawin.htm
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/523/today-in-philippine-history-august-23-1896-katipuneros-led-by-andres-bonifacio-tore-their-cédulas
1914: Japan declares war on Germany and sizes its possessions in Asia
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/tsingtau_kato.htm
1939: To cut off the supply lines of the Chinese army, Japanese Navy surround Hong Kong
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8231.html
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/62454492
1943: End of the bombing of Chongqing, the provisional capital of China, by the Japanese, that started on February 18, 1938
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Chongqing
1945: BKR (Badan Keamanan Rakyat), first Indonesian military force, begins organizing from former Peta and Heiho members. Some former Peta battalions join as entire units, having been told to disband only a few days before
1945: Joseph Stalin orders conveying Japanese army, mainly from Manchuria, as prisoner of war to the Soviet Union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union
http://www.gwu.edu/~memory/data/government/russia_pow.html
1949: Opening, in La Hague, of the round table between Dutch and Indonesian with United Nations delegates
1958: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People’s Liberation Army’s bombardment of Quemoy
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/quemoy_matsu-2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8238.html
1967: In Vietnam war, Can Tho and Hoa An are attacked by North Vietnamese troops
1968: Communist forces renew offensive in South Vietnam
2010: Thailand says it will resume diplomatic ties with Cambodia after Phnom Penh announced the resignation of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic advisor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11059580
2010: Manila hostage crisis, in which eight Hong Kong hostages are killed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11055015
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/08/23/10/bus-driver-escapes-claims-hostages-all-dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZXA6YDJII
2011: Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines reject a proposal by the Philippine government to offer what it calls “genuine autonomy” for Filipino Muslims, saying that it “does not address the real issues” that have fueled the separatist rebellion in the country’s south over the past 40 years
2014: The United States has accused the Chinese military of provocation after one of its fighter jets conducted an “intercept” of a US Navy spy plane in international air space over the South China Sea
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/08/us-hits-at-china-over-spy-plane-provocation-201482391728313849.html
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pentagon-furious-after-Chinese-military-jet-has-near-miss-with-US-plane-31968.html