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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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We’ll there was that time Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan with the largest amphibious assault in history (until D-day) and got absolutely wrecked by a typhoon.
Then tried again a few years later, with an even larger force, and got wrecked by another typhoon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan
You can't leave aside the fact that those typhoons were called "Divine Winds", or kamikaze.
This kamikaze was far more effective than the later one, though.