Over 4,000 ships, carrying a combined force of 142,000 hardened Mongol, Chinese, and Korean soldiers and sailors, formed one of the most formidable invasion forces the world had ever witnessed.
Their objective was to annex the land of the rising sun under the vast and ever-growing Mongol Empire. The Japanese, despite their valor and martial prowess, faced an enemy whose vastness and military might seemed almost insurmountable.
But Japan, an island nation with deep spiritual beliefs, was not to be taken so easily. Its people, warriors and commoners alike, braced themselves for the impact, determined to defend their homeland against an unstoppable force.
As the battle drums sounded, something even more powerful was stirring. The world, especially the Mongols, was about to learn that nature sometimes takes sides. For looming on the horizon, just as threatening as the Mongol fleet was a force the Japanese believed to be the breath of the gods: the Divine Wind…