Satsuma and Choshu ally against the shogun
1866 · Event
Japan's two most powerful southern domains — bitter rivals until now — form a secret alliance brokered by the ronin Sakamoto Ryōma. Together they command the men, the modern guns and the imperial sympathies to bring down the shogunate.
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