What Happened to the Mongol Soldiers Sent to Invade Japan?

You were born hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean. Now you're on the deck of a wooden warship, part of one of the biggest invasion fleets the world had ever seen, sailing for Japan. The samurai are not the enemy that will kill the most of you. It's 1281. Sail with Kublai Khan's second invasion of Japan: a stone wall where there should be a beach, samurai climbing your ships in the dark, a fleet chained together into a floating fortress, and the typhoon the Japanese would call the divine wind. Timestamps: 0:00 — The Enemy That Kills the Most of You 0:38 — The First Invasion of 1274 1:48 — Envoys Without Heads 2:00 — The Largest Fleet Ever Sent 2:34 — Seasick Horsemen 3:15 — The Commanders' First Mistake 3:41 — The Wall at Hakata Bay 4:32 — Samurai in the Dark 5:33 — Waiting for the Southern Fleet 6:35 — Chaining the Ships Together 6:58 — The Typhoon 8:15 — Stranded on Takashima 9:52 — The Fate of the Survivors 10:28 — Kamikaze: The Divine Wind Stay until the end to see what divers are still pulling out of the mud off Takashima today. Next episode: what Genghis Khan did to the governor of Otrar. New Mongol history episode every 2 days. Subscribe to The MONGOL Chronicles. One fire. Ten thousand stories. #MongolEmpire #Kamikaze #MongolHistory #History Sources: Yuan shi (History of Yuan) · Hachiman Gudōkun · Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba (the Takezaki Suenaga scrolls) · Korean records of the Eastern Route army · Thomas Conlan, In Little Need of Divine Intervention · Stephen Turnbull, The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281 · underwater archaeology at Takashima This video is for educational and storytelling purposes. The soldier, his father and the veteran are dramatized characters. Army and fleet sizes in the sources are disputed and probably exaggerated, and some details come from single accounts. Narration and visuals are AI-generated. Viewers are encouraged to explore the primary sources for deeper study.