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Author Topic: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3  (Read 5548 times)

Offline Yuber Okami

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Re: British invasion of Japan - Brits added
« Reply #30 on: January 22, 2021, 07:19:27 AM »
:o Unusual and fascinating idea!

 lol lol  Zouaves fighting against samurais would be an interesting sight indeed...

I think zouaves didn't but definitely french troops engaged Chosu samurai in battle during the Shimonoseki Straits crisis


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Re: British invasion of Japan - Brits added
« Reply #31 on: January 22, 2021, 11:26:31 PM »
Got the first unit of Americans done (with help from Flags of War for the flags). Going to use Canadians from the Perry BIF range for the regular troops.





Looking great, wish I hadn't sold mine off 😁

I’ve got a few to add to them to make it a full battalion  :)

:o Unusual and fascinating idea!

 lol lol  Zouaves fighting against samurais would be an interesting sight indeed...

I think I’ll get some next month  :)
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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2021, 11:49:43 PM »
Thos the boys I passed on ?  Good job sir

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #33 on: January 23, 2021, 06:22:02 AM »
Looking good!
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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #34 on: January 23, 2021, 10:11:41 AM »
Thanks  :)

Thos the boys I passed on ?  Good job sir

No, they're still in their box after being stripped. I think I got too many  lol

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #35 on: January 23, 2021, 10:15:03 AM »
Great stuff James 😎


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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #36 on: January 23, 2021, 11:55:33 AM »
Nicely done James  8)
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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #37 on: January 23, 2021, 12:24:00 PM »
Like the marines!

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #38 on: January 23, 2021, 04:23:13 PM »
Enjoying this thread!  :-*

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #39 on: January 23, 2021, 05:50:14 PM »
Oh they are nice.

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #40 on: January 23, 2021, 05:52:15 PM »
Coming along nicely.

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #41 on: January 23, 2021, 05:57:44 PM »
Many thanks chaps  :)

Going to get a building wip out tonight and see what needs to be done...

Probably quite a lot  lol

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Re: British invasion of Japan - Brits added
« Reply #42 on: January 23, 2021, 08:05:18 PM »
I think zouaves didn't but definitely french troops engaged Chosu samurai in battle during the Shimonoseki Straits crisis

 :o I must say I didn't know about these events.

I just had a look at Gallica (French National Library website) and they have an engraving from Le Monde Illustré (made from a picture from Nadar) showing Japanese ambassadors in Paris in May 1864. It says that one of the ambassadors put on a Japanese war armour because they understood that the French public would like to see it.



(picture: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France)

Offline Yuber Okami

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Re: British invasion of Japan - Brits added
« Reply #43 on: January 24, 2021, 10:19:48 AM »
:o I must say I didn't know about these events.


Check it on Wikipedia. You have two main samurai vs westerners confrontations :

- The aforementioned Shimonoseki Straits crisis (France, Britain, the Netherlands and USA against Chosu clan)
- The British bombardment of Kagoshima

Aside from that, several french advisors joined the shogunate army during the Boshin War. A Spanish and several Russian war vessel also called port during that time but they were on far more friendly terms

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Re: British invasion of Japan - American marines - Page 3
« Reply #44 on: January 24, 2021, 10:49:53 AM »
This project is a 'what if'. If you want to discuss the actuality of the situation the it would best to start your own thread where you can talk about it  :)

 

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