Military campaign in 1st century BCE Korean Peninsula
Han conquest of Gojoseon
The expansion of Han dynasty in 2nd century BC
Date
109–108 BCE
Location
Liaodong Peninsula, Korean Peninsula, Bohai Sea
Result
Decisive Han victory
Territorial changes
Conquest of Gojoseon
Establishment of four Han commanderies in the Korean peninsula
Belligerents
Wiman Joseon
Han dynasty
Commanders and leaders
King Ugeo † Gen. Seong Gi † Min. No In Min. Han Eum Min. Sam Gen. Wang Gyeop
Yang Pu Xun Zhi
Strength
?
50,000+[1]
Han dynasty destroys Wiman Joseon, establishing Four Commanderies of Han in northern Korean Peninsula.[2][not specific enough to verify]
The Han conquest of Gojoseon was a campaign launched by Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty against Wiman Joseon between 109 and 108 BCE. It resulted in the fall of Gojoseon and the establishment of the Four Commanderies of Han in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula.
^Watson 1993, p. 226.
^Andrea Matles Savada, ed. (1993). "Early Korea". North Korea: A Country Study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
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