Battle of Cheongsanri

Battle of Qingshanli
Part of the Korean Independence Movement
Date October 21–28, 1920 Location Qīngshānlǐ, Jílín, China Result Korean Victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Army	Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Northern military administration office army Korean Independence Army
Commanders and leaders
Tomotake Takashima Masahiko Azuma Naoaki Isobayashi Masuzō Kimura	Kim Jwa-jin Lee Beom-seok Hong Beom-do An Mu
Strength
About 50,000	about 3,000
Casualties and losses
Japanese record: 11 killed and 24 wounded Korean record: 812 ~ 1,200 killed and 2,000 wounded, 200 disappeared	130 killed and 90 wounded

 Empire of Japan

Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

Japanese record:
11 killed and 24 wounded

The Battle of Qingshanli was fought over six days in October 1920 between the Imperial Japanese Army and Korean armed groups in a densely wooded region of eastern Manchuria called Qīngshānlǐ (Japanese: 青山里, Seizanri; Korean: 청산리, Cheongsanri). It occurred during the campaign of the Japanese army in Jiandao, during the Japanese rule of Korea (1910–1945).

After the March 1st Movement of 1919 by Koreans calling for liberation from Japanese occupation, some Korean activists formed an independence army. The Japanese government asked China to subdue them but got no substantive result.

On October 2, 1920, bandits raided Hun-ch'un and killed 13 Japanese including the commissioner of the consulate police. In response, Japan decided to send troops to eastern Manchuria. Japan immediately held talks with China, and on October 16 received permission for military action in eastern Jilin from the governor of Jilin.

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