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Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288)

On the Mongol Empire map as “Bạch Đằng”

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.

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Battle site
Chapter
Mongol invasions of Japan and Vietnam (chapter 11 of Mongol Empire)
Atlas
The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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Map showing Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288), battle site in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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