Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
History documentary on the samurai navies of medieval Japan (c. 1600). Pre-Order Europa Universalis V: play.europauniversalis.com/Invicta
In the True Size series we model ancient militaries to scale with 3D simulations in Unreal Engine 5. Our prior episode on Japan explored the True Size of a Samurai army of the Sengoku Jidai (youtu.be/deV34RTyPO8). In this episode we now turn to the seas to see what navies of the era were like.
This begins with an introduction to the naval history of medieval Japan. We then cover the basic forms of construction and how these were used to develop the major classes of warships which emerged with the dawn of the Sengoku Jidai. Fleet formations and battle tactics are then covered with a final discussion of the historical scenarios in which they fought. This includes the famous Battle of Kizugawaguchi where Oda Nobunaga deployed the first ever ironclad vessels as well as the 1,000 ship strong naval invasion of Korea during the Imjin War.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:03 Naval History
06:19 Ship Construction
09:08 Ship Types
15:29 Fleet Formations
18:33 Combat Tactics
23:12 Mori vs Oda Fleets
25:01 Clash of Ironclads
27:46 Invasion of Korea
29:19 Outro
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Script = Invicta
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
#history
#documentary
#europauniversalis
History documentary on the samurai navies of medieval Japan (c. 1600). Pre-Order Europa Universalis V: play.europauniversalis.com/Invicta
In the True Size series we model ancient militaries to scale with 3D simulations in Unreal Engine 5. Our prior episode on Japan explored the True Size of a Samurai army of the Sengoku Jidai (youtu.be/deV34RTyPO8). In this episode we now turn to the seas to see what navies of the era were like.
This begins with an introduction to the naval history of medieval Japan. We then cover the basic forms of construction and how these were used to develop the major classes of warships which emerged with the dawn of the Sengoku Jidai. Fleet formations and battle tactics are then covered with a final discussion of the historical scenarios in which they fought. This includes the famous Battle of Kizugawaguchi where Oda Nobunaga deployed the first ever ironclad vessels as well as the 1,000 ship strong naval invasion of Korea during the Imjin War.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:03 Naval History
06:19 Ship Construction
09:08 Ship Types
15:29 Fleet Formations
18:33 Combat Tactics
23:12 Mori vs Oda Fleets
25:01 Clash of Ironclads
27:46 Invasion of Korea
29:19 Outro
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Script = Invicta
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
#history
#documentary
#europauniversalis
