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Nagashino 1575 - Battle Overview Scenario#: 28     Date: 28 June 1575     Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan 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 established their position on the plain of Shitirabara. … Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Takeda Center Attack Scenario#: 29     Date: 28 June 1575     Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan Even though Takeda Katsuyori was faced with a numerically superior enemy force, Katsuyori, over the objections of his veteran commanders, opted to attack. Wary of the Takeda cavalry charge, Oda Nobunaga constructed wooden palisades, interspersed with… Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Takeda Left Attack Scenario#: 31     Date: 28 June 1575     Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan The extreme right of the Oda-Tokugawa army was not protected by wooden palisades, as were the center and left. So when Yamagata Masakage and Hera Masatane charged forward it became one huge melee. Although Yamagata Masakage was skilled in combat, … Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Takeda Right Attack Scenario#: 30     Date: 28 June 1575     Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan On the right, when Baba Nobuharu's attack force emerged from the forest, he also saw an opportunity to defeat his enemies and ordered his cavalry to charge. But because of the forested hill to his light, he could not outflank … Samurai Battles