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Battle site · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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Apr 1288 — Trần Hưng Đạo plants iron-tipped stakes in the river mouth, lures the Yuan fleet in at high tide, and impales it on the ebb. Đại Việt has absorbed three invasions with scorched earth, heat and ambush — and remains unconquered. Vietnam remembers.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — The Limits of the World in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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