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Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
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Boxer Rebellion
1899–1901 anti-foreign uprising in China
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Eight-Nation Alliance
Coalition that invaded China (1900–01)
The Eight-Nation Alliance was a multinational military coalition that invaded northern China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, with the stated aim of relieving the foreign legations in Beijing, which were being besieged by the popular Boxer militiamen, who were determined to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of the Taku Forts (1900)
Battle during the Boxer Rebellion
The Battle of the Taku or Battle of Dagu Forts was a short engagement during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese Qing dynasty military and forces belonging to the Eight Nation Alliance in June 1900. European and Japanese naval forces captured the Taku forts after a brief but…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Taku Forts
Historic forts in Binhai, Tianjin, China
The Taku Forts or Dagukou Forts (大沽口炮台), also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River estuary in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, in northeastern China. They are located 60 km (37 mi) southeast of the Tianjin urban center.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tianjin
Municipality of China
Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the 2020 Chinese census. Its metropolitan area, which is made up of 12…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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