Yuan two-route fleet expedition against Japan

Timeline

1. 1281Yuan Dadu, Qingyuan, and Goryeo · YuanKublai ordered another invasion of Japan, forming an eastern route army (a mix of Mongol, Goryeo, and Han troops) and a Jiangnan newly-submitted army in two fleets. The eastern route under Sindu and Hong Chacu sailed south from Goryeo; the Jiangnan fleet of some 100,000 under Fan Wenhu departed from Qingyuan (modern Ningbo), the two routes to rendezvous in Kyushu.
2. 1281Hakata Bay · KyushuThe Yuan fleet reached the waters off Hakata Bay in Kyushu; some troops landed and built stone fortifications ashore. The shogunate under the Hōjō organized the 'ikoku kokin ban' coastal guard, repeatedly contending with the Yuan along the shore; the Yuan could not push inland and both sides fell into stalemate.
3. 1281Waters off Hakata Bay · KyushuA violent August typhoon struck the Yuan fleet anchored in Hakata Bay, sinking many ships, drowning personnel, and cutting off supplies; the surviving Yuan troops drowned or fled and the second invasion utterly failed. Later generations in Japan called this wind the 'divine wind,' and the Yuan court never again organized a large-scale overseas attack on Japan.