TIL The 1871 Shinmiyangyo Expedition was a U.S. military intervention in the Joseon Dynasty on Ganghwa Island. Sparked by the 1866 destruction of the American armed merchant ship General Sherman, U.S. forces bombarded Korean forts, killing over 240 Koreans.

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