Second Ch Sh Expedition (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Second Ch sh expedition, also called the Summer War, was a punitive expedition led by the Tokugawa Shogunate against the Ch sh Domain. It followed the First Ch sh expedition of 1864. The Second Ch sh expedition was announced on 6 March 1865. The operation started on 7 June 1866 with the bombardment of Su - shima, Yamaguchi by the Navy of the Bakufu. The expedition ended in military disaster for the Shogunate troops, as Ch sh forces were modernized and organised effectively. By contrast, the Shogunate army was composed of antiquated feudal forces from the Bakufu and numerous neighbouring domains, with only small elements of modernised units.