The Real 55 Days in Peking: The Boxer Rebellion

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  • @CallMeEzekiel
    @CallMeEzekiel  11 місяців тому +676

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    • @marysartr
      @marysartr 11 місяців тому

      Hi

    • @EnclaveStormXL
      @EnclaveStormXL 11 місяців тому +1

      New Vid :)

    • @randomgai7531
      @randomgai7531 11 місяців тому +11

      We'll see the problem is you don't have a fleet

    • @LukeHemenway-s2c
      @LukeHemenway-s2c 11 місяців тому +1

      We support you!!!

    • @Pausi10_00
      @Pausi10_00 11 місяців тому +5

      The channel is just not a good enough boxer

  • @lordwarDXCIII
    @lordwarDXCIII 11 місяців тому +4165

    The Boxer Rebellion is amazing to think about, looking back at it. 7 nations, most of which are enemies, united in the effort to defeat this threat to the Qing. Then 15 years later, all 7 of these nations would fight one another.

    • @paleoph6168
      @paleoph6168 11 місяців тому +259

      4 years later, two of those nations would go to war, with one resulting in a humiliating defeat. Heck, even of the nations tried to broker peace between the two.

    • @reaprwap
      @reaprwap 11 місяців тому +41

      U literally commented this before watching the video but ok
      Sigma move 🥱🔥

    • @endzor
      @endzor 11 місяців тому

      Colonisators won again

    • @TKDragon75
      @TKDragon75 11 місяців тому +31

      They also went to war with the Qing after it was revealed that they were supporting the Boxers.

    • @TKDragon75
      @TKDragon75 11 місяців тому +48

      It was also the 8 Nation Alliance, though there were troops from around 11 different ones overall.

  • @thurinling387
    @thurinling387 11 місяців тому +2801

    Italy 1899: "I was supposed to have a fleet?!!"
    Italy 1943: "I was supposed to have tanks?!! "

    • @CoolMan0901
      @CoolMan0901 11 місяців тому +52

      Well, Rommel left them

    • @CipiRipi-in7df
      @CipiRipi-in7df 11 місяців тому +177

      Italy 1899: "I was supposed to have a fleet?!!"
      China 1899: "How on Earth do you want to play on gunboat diplomacy when you have no gunboats?"
      😆😆😆

    • @arandomboot598
      @arandomboot598 11 місяців тому +54

      @@CoolMan0901Rommel is easily one of the most overrated generals of WW2

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 11 місяців тому +40

      @@CipiRipi-in7df Austria-Hungary: "Italy, did you not seriously learn after the Battle of Lissa?"

    • @CipiRipi-in7df
      @CipiRipi-in7df 11 місяців тому +10

      @@imgvillasrc1608 ... Austro-Hungary: "(sighs) Some folks never learn..." 😕😕

  • @KageMinowara
    @KageMinowara 11 місяців тому +2906

    The Relief of Peking was the biggest "Me and the Boys" moment in history.

    • @jacobcantrell82
      @jacobcantrell82 11 місяців тому +182

      Me and the boys dabbing on some Manchus.

    • @inductivegrunt94
      @inductivegrunt94 11 місяців тому +2

      Backs against the wall, the whole country against them, and the only ones they have are one another. Yeah "The boys" stand together while more bros come to their rescue.

    • @Pan_Z
      @Pan_Z 11 місяців тому +31

      It's a bit comical seeing you at the top of comments here and the Low Effort Clips channel, good sir.

    • @KageMinowara
      @KageMinowara 11 місяців тому +53

      @@Pan_Z My interests are many and varied.
      Including both history and cute anime women.
      o7

    • @cumunist2120
      @cumunist2120 11 місяців тому +6

      @@KageMinowaraup to this point in history because desert storm hasn’t happened yet

  • @xtxownage
    @xtxownage 11 місяців тому +1404

    Glad to see that there was no period in conflict where a Japanese soldier didn’t kill himself in honour of the emperor.

    • @KalashVodka175
      @KalashVodka175 11 місяців тому

      And they still continue to this day (look up japanese suicide rates)
      Idk whats up with that

    • @FifingFossil
      @FifingFossil 10 місяців тому +17

      Akhem (battle of tienshin) akhem

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 10 місяців тому +94

      Yeah, but back then it was actually impressive and brave rather than cruel and pointless.

    • @ophirbotzer114
      @ophirbotzer114 9 місяців тому

      Since 1945

    • @Cooldude-ko7ps
      @Cooldude-ko7ps 9 місяців тому +13

      @@Tom_Cruise_Missile yeah, as it was actually for a purpose to help his comrades instead of spiting the enemy.

  • @vids_0429
    @vids_0429 11 місяців тому +641

    "But I have yet to meet someone who can outsmart bullet"

    • @KathleenStewart-lu5ni
      @KathleenStewart-lu5ni 11 місяців тому +18

      Some people think they can out smart me

    • @chrisyotas5854
      @chrisyotas5854 11 місяців тому +14

      @@KathleenStewart-lu5ni Maybe, maybe.

    • @toppat_royale
      @toppat_royale 11 місяців тому +13

      ​@@chrisyotas5854but i've yet to meet one who can outsmart bullet.

    • @HerrnChaos2341
      @HerrnChaos2341 11 місяців тому

      VIDS??? MY BUDDY I FOUND YOU??

    • @vids_0429
      @vids_0429 11 місяців тому

      @@HerrnChaos2341 Sup Herrn

  • @vladimirlenin843
    @vladimirlenin843 11 місяців тому +1112

    The most impressive part is not the 7 nation invading
    But Chinese empress declaring war on the 7 strongest nation in the world at once .

    • @ethanduncan1646
      @ethanduncan1646 11 місяців тому +2

      Forget the opium crisis in China at the time, that empress was high on some industrial grade copium to think attacking every GP at the same time with stone age fanatics was a good idea...

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 10 місяців тому +213

      All because Italy didn't understand that you needed gun boats in gun boat diplomacy

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 10 місяців тому

      Chinese aunties truly most the dangerous animals in China.

    • @marcobelli6856
      @marcobelli6856 10 місяців тому +99

      @@kameronjones7139 and China didn’t understand diplomacy at all if you get the full picture Not just the simplified Video. Still good resume but to Frame Like it was Italy’s fault it’s Crazy. Italy was a Minor Player in all of this if anything it’s Britain fault

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 10 місяців тому +62

      @marcobelli6856 I know I was just making an Italian joke. China got way to arrogant for its own good

  • @capiscrazy9732
    @capiscrazy9732 11 місяців тому +1016

    This was the greatest team up since the Napoleonic Wars.

    • @hawx00145
      @hawx00145 11 місяців тому +52

      Exactly, was about to say that...basically Battle of the Nations 2.0

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 10 місяців тому +10

      it's great if things were toe to toe, but the boxers and the imperial army was too inept, the boxers left the battle to farm? what a joke

    • @BruhTNT4258
      @BruhTNT4258 9 місяців тому +2

      I think the correct word is Gang Up

    • @math3000
      @math3000 9 місяців тому +1

      The OG Coalition

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman 8 місяців тому +3

      @@hawx00145 the battle of the nations actually was uncertain until the final stage. Napoleonic France could take on the huge coalition (they did it number of times before). The dying Qing dynasty ? Not so much. The only question was if they could reach Peking in time to rescue the besieged.

  • @the-door
    @the-door 11 місяців тому +426

    A fun fact about the American captain Myers who led the assault on the tartar wall is that his dad Abraham Myers is who the city of Fort Myers in Florida is named after, which is also what the tartar wall was re-named.

    • @donaldsmith6814
      @donaldsmith6814 10 місяців тому +12

      Both capt. Myers & Smedley Butler were U.S. Marines.

    • @the-door
      @the-door 10 місяців тому +3

      @@donaldsmith6814 yep!

    • @panzerplays5959
      @panzerplays5959 9 місяців тому +3

      @@donaldsmith6814 dont forget Daniel Daly

    • @donaldsmith6814
      @donaldsmith6814 9 місяців тому

      Great point.@@panzerplays5959

    • @deshonarnold2253
      @deshonarnold2253 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@panzerplays5959 Come on you SOBs you wanna live forever! -Dan Daly

  • @silvermarksman6834
    @silvermarksman6834 7 місяців тому +346

    Boxer 1: I am Immune to bullets!
    *Gets Shot and Dies*
    Boxer 2: You see guys, he didn't die because we aren't bullet proof, he clearly died due to suffering a Skill Issue.

    • @joshuamattingly1232
      @joshuamattingly1232 4 місяці тому +10

      Boxer 3: Man what a NOOB.

    • @thatguywhoanimids
      @thatguywhoanimids 4 місяці тому +2

      Boxer 5: I told him to train harder!

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 місяці тому +1

      the biggest "Git Gud" ever

    • @刘可-i1f
      @刘可-i1f 2 місяці тому

      well,we don't have any weapons just like the foreign Devils instead of hoping the help of the ancestor spirits

    • @刘可-i1f
      @刘可-i1f 2 місяці тому

      The old qing dynasty just like the other place Such as africa and indian,No weapons, Only fight with swords

  • @mercenarygundam1487
    @mercenarygundam1487 11 місяців тому +424

    The biggest tragedy is not just the lost of lives but also destruction of the library.... It's like the destruction of the Akexandrian Library. Small yes, but valuable.

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 10 місяців тому +7

      ​@@Pan_ZAbsolutely correct. I'm so tired of people bringing it up.

    • @kaltaron1284
      @kaltaron1284 10 місяців тому +26

      @@Pan_Z Even if it was in decline there were probably quite a few pieces of information that weren't stored anywhere else. Every loss of information is lamentable. Well, almost. There's some things it would be better to forget but sometimes those persist the longest.

    • @dariusalexandru9536
      @dariusalexandru9536 6 місяців тому +2

      @@kaltaron1284 The most valuable knowleage were in the head of the many scholars who left for more mantain libraries ,sm unique knowleadge probable some valuable knowleadge lost not a chance .

    • @dariusalexandru9536
      @dariusalexandru9536 6 місяців тому

      @@Pan_Z True

    • @wrjtung3456
      @wrjtung3456 5 місяців тому

      @@sumarbrander3354the comment is obviously not a joke. do you have any reading comprehension?

  • @PakBallandSami
    @PakBallandSami 11 місяців тому +729

    *The year was 1900, 'tis worth remembering
    The men who lived through 55 days at Peking
    T'was called the Boxers Insurrection of bloody oriental war
    Against all nations of the diplomatic core*

    • @KageMinowara
      @KageMinowara 11 місяців тому +93

      The flags of France and Britain, how they fluttered in the breeze
      The Italian and the Russian, and the flag of the Japanese
      Then came the sound of bugles, the rolling drums of doom
      And the streets of Peking, were as empty as a tomb

    • @justacringeperson5140
      @justacringeperson5140 11 місяців тому +71

      They stormed the french legation
      They attacked with shot and shell.
      And they came in blood red blouses

    • @AnderJaxi
      @AnderJaxi 11 місяців тому +62

      Screaming shashow as they fell
      The drums have long been muffled
      The bugles cease to ring
      But through the ages, you can hear them echoing

    • @chirukun
      @chirukun 11 місяців тому

      IM JAHRE 1900, DA RIEF DER TROMMELKLANG
      DIE WELT NACH PEKING, 55 TAGE LANG

    • @Space_and_history
      @Space_and_history 11 місяців тому +59

      Boom-boom, boom-boom, boom-boom
      Boom-boom, boom-boom, boom-boom
      Boom-boom, boom, boom-boom
      55 days at Peking

  • @jupe2001
    @jupe2001 11 місяців тому +520

    If you want to read a neutral first hand account of the Boxer rebellion, you can read "Thirteen Months in China" by Thakur Gadadhar Singh, an Indian sepoy. You can also read "Reversing the Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary" by Prince Amar Singh who mentioned about his time as a soldier during the rebellion.

  • @michaelthayer5351
    @michaelthayer5351 11 місяців тому +1081

    Props for using "55 Tage in Peking" the German version of the "55 days at Peking". It's easily the best version in my opinion. Maybe it's because German makes anything sound serious and weighty, while the other versions have that campy feel I just can't shake, the German rendition sounds like an actual military hymn or marching song.

    • @hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095
      @hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095 11 місяців тому +141

      The German version is also far less chipper and mocking in the text, it doesn’t even really describe the conflict, it‘s just a recollection of the death and destruction that befell everyone there. I find this not only poignant, but also very respectful, since it acknowledges how terrible this war was for everyone, not just the germans. It’s basically a lament of even having to go to war in the first place, and an honoring of everyone who died for their country. This is why I love my countries‘ soldier songs, and why I hate that so many of them turn out to be made by Nazis.

    • @manugamer9984
      @manugamer9984 11 місяців тому +44

      @@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095I agree with that. I kinda prefer the English rhythm, but curiously enough the German version is more respectful indeed. Still, it doesn’t hurt to hear your great-great grandpa sing “we kicked their arse”😂

    • @motianton
      @motianton 11 місяців тому +12

      @@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095 remember the nazis stole anything of value they ever had, and assume one didn't actually write it :)

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 11 місяців тому +19

      @@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095 the original nazis supported china actually, especially ernst rolms clique and strasser. almost all of chinas guns and heavy machinery came from germany, germany siding with japan was a massive betrayal and the kmt was heartbroken by it especially.

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 11 місяців тому +1

      @@motianton hitlers nazis' the original nazis were very different, most of them were betrayed and killed in the night of the long knives, hitlers clique were actually a bunch of bandits that parasitized the original national socialists workers party

  • @siamihari8717
    @siamihari8717 11 місяців тому +88

    Kung-fu vs. Gun-fu
    Its a bold strategy cotton lets see how it works out for them.

  • @celtic4518
    @celtic4518 11 місяців тому +516

    Got to say I've enjoyed this series of the Qing Empire. It's especially helpful that I had a class on the subject recently, so thank you a bunch. Great videos. Please keep up the awesome content!

    • @nathanseper8738
      @nathanseper8738 11 місяців тому +4

      Took the words out of my mouth.

    • @RADICALFLOAT_95
      @RADICALFLOAT_95 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@nathanseper8738I actually genuinely agree with you

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim 10 місяців тому

      Shows that China have always been xenophobic

  • @xenamorphwinner7931
    @xenamorphwinner7931 11 місяців тому +347

    Moral of the story. Don’t base international decisions on Italy, because they aren’t a standard.

    • @EarlHebert-c8w
      @EarlHebert-c8w 10 місяців тому +19

      Moral of the Story: DON'T STOP THE IMPORTATION OF OPIUM INTO CHINA!!!

    • @mr.archivity
      @mr.archivity 9 місяців тому +14

      Not using a fleet to “convince” another Country to give “concessions” is synonymous of respecting that country by my opinion.

    • @papayetto3700
      @papayetto3700 7 місяців тому +8

      The opposite, diplomatically italy has always been the best country usually

    • @randombritishperson.
      @randombritishperson. 6 місяців тому

      ​@@EarlHebert-c8wI agree

    • @WackyIraqi777
      @WackyIraqi777 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@papayetto3700Greece has entered the chat

  • @paleoph6168
    @paleoph6168 11 місяців тому +217

    Glad to see more videos on the Boxer Rebellion, and from you no less! Thank you!

  • @TNOBasedBatov
    @TNOBasedBatov 11 місяців тому +173

    That moment when you’re so unlucky that all the great powers on earth unite to squash you

    • @NP3GA
      @NP3GA 11 місяців тому +36

      Dessert storm was a good sequel in my opinion

    • @hjuy4049
      @hjuy4049 11 місяців тому

      ​@@NP3GAthat was just one alliance bloc really

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 11 місяців тому

      Even more insane since China declared war on all of them.

    • @scoman91
      @scoman91 9 місяців тому +4

      Typical EU4 coalition experience.

    • @johnnyanderson2-roblox185
      @johnnyanderson2-roblox185 Місяць тому +1

      Well I mean only after declaring war on said powers.

  • @Derapplecraze
    @Derapplecraze 11 місяців тому +134

    If only the emperor succeeded in his reforms its interesting to think about what China would be like if the Qing had succeeded in modernizing

    • @piotrbogucki2039
      @piotrbogucki2039 10 місяців тому +8

      True

    • @simonnachreiner8380
      @simonnachreiner8380 8 місяців тому +20

      Honestly it wasn’t the lack of modernization on the part of the Qing. Quite frankly it was weakness of the Qing themselves and the disloyalty of their vassals.
      You don’t explode into waring states from a lack of reform. Typically in that situation a nation explodes into a two sided civil war between the current establishment and a coalition of the various anti-establishment factions who proceed to sort out their grievances later. This is typically because the central government retains enough power to crush them all individually.
      To get waring states requires a weak central authority allowing its local governments to grow their own power and autonomy before staging an open revolt. The central authority then calls in its other local governments who rebel in turn as the whole thing then explodes. The central authority is then rendered impotent as the various waring factions all claim to be the legitimate inheritors of the central governments power.
      To be idealistic if the Qing had asked the western powers for help in modernizing it’s government, military, and industry in exchange for wealth in a similar vein to the Meiji restoration it might have worked.
      It certainly would’ve been better than declaring war on _literally_ all of the worlds great powers for the sake of pride. Especially since that fight just ended up accelerating their collapse.

    • @Copy-x2k
      @Copy-x2k 8 місяців тому

      @@simonnachreiner8380 well for me i would blame on Empress Cui Xi and Reactionary she and other just mess up reform which would help Qing get off Clift of Collapse and Evidence Proved that Reform is dire need is already in front of them many time 2 time of Opium war and Sino-Japanese war which made Permanently lost their Navy but they still don't give a Shit

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 5 місяців тому +1

      Hard to modernize when you're still feudal (and plenty of people keeping it that way) before the communists came up.

  • @thevoidlookspretty7079
    @thevoidlookspretty7079 11 місяців тому +96

    A real “me and the boys” moment in world history.

  • @marcobonesi6794
    @marcobonesi6794 11 місяців тому +239

    the most based crossover in modern history.

    • @notapuma
      @notapuma 11 місяців тому +17

      Imperialism tends to do that (based)

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 11 місяців тому +4

      Can it be considered modern history?

    • @TheUSgoverment
      @TheUSgoverment 11 місяців тому +30

      ​@@Snp2024it had guns with cased ammo and sanitation better than "we could make the god of decay wince", it's modern enough.

    • @Swampy-ci3np
      @Swampy-ci3np 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Snp2024this is generally considered modern period proper.
      Actually late renaissance is early colonial times are often considered early modern or proto modern. This is secondary too what ever main period though. Like Victorian times would be considered earlyish modern too but not THE Modern era which is like 1900 until the information age/ maybe including the current information age, also maybe you considered the 1950s the atomic age. Idk many history books go by different systems. Like in their own book in time lines. I think basically it depends on what you mean. The modern era I think its offical near the start. A modern era, its definitely. Personally I have seen some like to consider the 1700s the start of truely early modern era because metal munition armor was still common. It still worked actually against bullets from range but guns got so much cheaper and quicker with flintlock systems you could buy 10 for the price of okay armour agaisnt bullets.
      And everything before is proto modern.
      So Napoleanic warfare was early modern for example but not modern warfare maybe idk it kinda confuses me. Basically my only advice is don't be strict on era definitions.

    • @tlaloqq
      @tlaloqq 3 місяці тому

      @@notapuma there is something so funny about seeing these incel adjacent people talk about imperialism as if they wouldn't be conquered lmao stfu you jsut were born in some midwest state you know nothing about the world.

  • @vaguelymodest6239
    @vaguelymodest6239 11 місяців тому +72

    IM SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FLEET!?!

  • @downandout992
    @downandout992 10 місяців тому +54

    My old army unit, the 9th infantry regiment fought there, and took its name the "Manchus" soon afterwards. We also acquired the silver to make our prized 90 lb solid silver punch bowl (the Lipscomb Bowl) after it was given to the unit as a gift from a prince after the unit had saved the mint.

    • @extrastout1111
      @extrastout1111 9 місяців тому +2

      so a war criminal regiment

    • @downandout992
      @downandout992 9 місяців тому +15

      @@extrastout1111 By saving the mint and handing it over to the legitimate government? Perhaps if you if you are full of extra stout.

    • @ethanmcfarland8240
      @ethanmcfarland8240 8 місяців тому +7

      @@extrastout1111
      Shut it

  • @grantforester1864
    @grantforester1864 11 місяців тому +259

    Classic Italian government moment, show up weak, and cause a massive global catastrophe

    • @markener4316
      @markener4316 11 місяців тому +27

      Es ist ein klassik

    • @waterwatereverywhere3574
      @waterwatereverywhere3574 11 місяців тому +16

      Hey it's not that easy when your nation was formed literally 40 years prior to that event...

    • @gloverfox9135
      @gloverfox9135 11 місяців тому +44

      @@waterwatereverywhere3574Germany was only formed in 1871 and they were already making the other European powers shit their pants with how powerful they were. So age isn’t an excuse.

    • @waterwatereverywhere3574
      @waterwatereverywhere3574 11 місяців тому +31

      @@gloverfox9135 "germany" as we know it, has always been relatively compact under the holy roman empire, sure there were a lot of micro kingdoms but they were all part of that confederation. Bismark just united them formally. Italy on the other hand has always been intrinsically devided (still is btw) and has been occupied by many other countries like the normans, the spanish, the austrian and the french. And finally, italy had very very few natural resources unlike germany with the Rhur vally...
      It's sad when people make fun of italy, it's almost like making fun of a disable kid... oh well, i guess it can't be helped, sadly my nation peaked more than 2000 years ago.

    • @Airland-xx3pr
      @Airland-xx3pr 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@waterwatereverywhere3574Bro Italy was their fault. Not entirely but a very good bunch. But Italy was far more richer than the micro states or the HRE most of the time. Tuscan, Venice, Genoa. Don't made up like Italy was totally innocent ant their lack of ability was always not their fault. They were involved in it partially.

  • @That_One_French_Lad
    @That_One_French_Lad 11 місяців тому +141

    I actually did a presentation of the Boxer rebellion for my final exams. Very interesting event.

  • @avidplanes
    @avidplanes 8 місяців тому +15

    It’s so funny to me that a bunch of British guys see these badass kung fu moves and are like “so it’s like boxing right close enough”

  • @roelant8069
    @roelant8069 11 місяців тому +56

    Great video, I actually visited a museum in a former monastery earlier this year and part of their collection were the robes of one of their missionaries that died in the boxer rebellion.

  • @achour.falestine
    @achour.falestine 11 місяців тому +76

    It makes sense that the Japanese divisions won
    As mentioned in the video they had the power of modern weapons and DETERMINATION

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 11 місяців тому +18

      And they were the largest contingent as well.

  • @notapuma
    @notapuma 11 місяців тому +64

    - 10,000 social credit score.

  • @poedameron8057
    @poedameron8057 11 місяців тому +71

    YOOOOO!!! This is such an awesome video! So glad to see a classic channel make a video giving more history to such an interesting event. The German version of the song that you played at the start is my favorite, it’s such a banger!!! Awesome video!

  • @Kabu_Kaiser
    @Kabu_Kaiser 11 місяців тому +32

    🥊 The transitions are becoming cooler day by day.

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 11 місяців тому +14

    Already love the video
    Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 ❤

  • @ObliviAce
    @ObliviAce 11 місяців тому +62

    So this is where you have all been for this entire month? Well, it was totally worth it...

  • @canadaballplayz9999
    @canadaballplayz9999 8 місяців тому +3

    You should do the Nanking Massacre next! I have a book of it written by Iris Chang, titled "The Rape of Nanking", which is probably the most detailed out there because her grandparents witnessed it all in Shanghai and Nanking and told her stories, while also travelling a lot to interview survivors of the Massacre. I'm sure you'll find it extremely interesting to work on.

  • @DumOcaso
    @DumOcaso 11 місяців тому +16

    Oh my god you’re like the third person to ever mention the 55 days at Peking on UA-cam I saw one video of all the nations involved like the song and I was obsessed but there were no more videos thank you

  • @Minoku78
    @Minoku78 11 місяців тому +39

    29:58
    That man better get a memorial for that shit he pulled

  • @RandomGeorgianOfficial
    @RandomGeorgianOfficial 11 місяців тому +32

    It was either my third or fourth time opening the app, and when I saw this, I started clapping and cheering like it was a football game. Ezekiel, thank you for creating this video.
    Edit: 🥊

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 11 місяців тому +89

    To think that such a desperate united defense would mean nothing politically as the Russo-Japanase War and WW1 followed, breaking apart any notions of comradery built here.
    But learning about such a standalone event where 7 nations at each other's throats join forces like they always were to hold out at Peking and to save those trapped there is very fun and interesting. This really is one of the greatest moments in modern history, and will forever be memorialized in every version of 55 Days at Peking sung throughout the modern world.

    • @kaltaron1284
      @kaltaron1284 10 місяців тому +6

      I don't think there was much comradery there as all these nations just wanted to protect their own interests in China. And a few years later their interests didn't align anymore.

  • @DanielD-no1gp
    @DanielD-no1gp 11 місяців тому +29

    The poor Chinese Christians who had been there since St Francis Xavier and the other 1500s missionary.

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 5 місяців тому +1

      There was the Orthodox as well.

    • @DanielD-no1gp
      @DanielD-no1gp 5 місяців тому +1

      @arnowisp6244 yeah, sry I forgot they evangelize Manchuria

  • @toppy7577
    @toppy7577 11 місяців тому +15

    I can only imagine the amount of mixed messages the Italians were getting, one moment they are assaulted by cannonballs and next they are given condolences and watermelons from the Qings

  • @solidarityanonymus1494
    @solidarityanonymus1494 10 місяців тому +11

    22:43 IS THAT THE KENSHI SOUNDTRACK?!

  • @frankboring1996
    @frankboring1996 11 місяців тому +18

    Always happy to see another good video on history that you've made.

  • @PeterKennedy-b1h
    @PeterKennedy-b1h 11 місяців тому +96

    China: nothing can hold me back
    *the seven nation army*

    • @BruhTNT4258
      @BruhTNT4258 10 місяців тому +2

      China: hold my second phase

    • @arwing20
      @arwing20 8 місяців тому +5

      @@BruhTNT4258 Yeah, and they will fail in that phase too 🙂

    • @yuigahama3189
      @yuigahama3189 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@BruhTNT4258 modern day 8 nation army (vietnam,japan,america,philippines,taiwan,australia,india,indonesia), hold our beers

    • @liamcluett6203
      @liamcluett6203 7 місяців тому +1

      @@yuigahama3189Indonesia seems way more neutral then those others

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@yuigahama3189They're begging more countries for aid because they're scared of China alone being stronger.

  • @kacperspisz4239
    @kacperspisz4239 11 місяців тому +17

    Such a bizzare and crazy time image running a D%D campain in this setting

  • @Candy_Man.
    @Candy_Man. 11 місяців тому +14

    Man, I sure do love the story of the boxer rebellion, great video

  • @lanphamphong7596
    @lanphamphong7596 25 днів тому +1

    Thank you, Ezekiel!

  • @santi2683
    @santi2683 11 місяців тому +120

    Cixi try not to fuck up the stability and future sovereignty of China challenge: (impossible)

    • @liua42
      @liua42 11 місяців тому +23

      frrrrr “let’s build a marble boat guys”

    • @巫轟
      @巫轟 11 місяців тому

      She was ironically the one keeping it together, reason as to why she was the regent of China. If not for her a lot of famous military leaders and scholars would have overthrown the Qing.

    • @vickiesona3682
      @vickiesona3682 11 місяців тому

      ​@@巫轟good

    • @EmperorProtects1
      @EmperorProtects1 11 місяців тому +26

      @@巫轟 She did a very good job at keeping it together! I'm certain that China absolutely did not break down into civil war soon after, right?

    • @巫轟
      @巫轟 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@EmperorProtects1 I hope you realize how fallacious your remark is.
      Qing breaking after her death proves my point that she kept it together, lmao. Besides it was after Yuan Shikai that China fell into the hands of various warlords.
      And Yuan Shikai did supported the coup because he knew he would be removed when the court had no longer use for him. Which may I remind you was after the death of Cixi.
      She was not perfect, especially given the Boxer Rebellion debacle and the later Sino-Japanese War (cannot blame her fully for the latter given even Western experts were certain Qing would win with ease - indeed if conflict over Korea had started a few years prior Qing would most likely have won based on the journals of Takashima Kaemon who had close connection to Meiji officials and bureaucrats, and is famous for his divination practices that affirm the policy of Meiji Elite.)

  • @galatheumbreon6862
    @galatheumbreon6862 11 місяців тому +22

    This was quite possibly the best animated documentary on the boxer rebellion I watched, its insane how I only just discovered this channel, please take my sub and I hope for more awesome videos like this.

  • @Stormgamer-xb7gv
    @Stormgamer-xb7gv 11 місяців тому +20

    Such an epic video! Thank you for making this! And MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎁

  • @readingking1421
    @readingking1421 11 місяців тому +3

    It came to my attention I had notifications off for this channel. That has been rectified. This is probably the my favorite history UA-cam channel

  • @toxiclemon3959
    @toxiclemon3959 11 місяців тому +7

    This really should have more views, absolutely incredible!

  • @Simon_the_penguin
    @Simon_the_penguin 11 місяців тому +17

    The year was nineteen hundred tis worth remembering the men who lived through 55 days Peking

  • @berdduck
    @berdduck 11 місяців тому +5

    Glad you covered this.

  • @ingold1470
    @ingold1470 11 місяців тому +10

    Gotta love how the Botho-Lucas Chor made the German version of the song so much better that nobody uses the English version.

  • @paocut9018
    @paocut9018 11 місяців тому +48

    Every time I learn of a historical event, either from youtube, classes, or personal research, I am always curious as to how much hiatory could have changed if tony changes were made to it. How would it have changed if the 100 fays reform kept going and succeeded? How would it have gone if the chinese sent their whole force and decimated the delegations? I love to think of these and wonder how things could have changed, for better or for worse.

  • @Leo-ok3uj
    @Leo-ok3uj 9 місяців тому +4

    Is really interesting how the boxers are basically a complete opposite of the Taiping

  • @dima9171
    @dima9171 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for starting the video with that song.

  • @Rocco-lo9wj
    @Rocco-lo9wj 7 місяців тому +2

    Nice video

  • @burntrapmexicano1563
    @burntrapmexicano1563 10 місяців тому +20

    Bluds really thought they where inmune to bullets 💀

    • @milo-qh7cv
      @milo-qh7cv 8 місяців тому +1

      fanatical madness. well if a boxer gets killed by physical harm then it was not a good boxer lol 😂 just madness

    • @Water90435
      @Water90435 5 місяців тому

      They were mostly rural farmers living in an unmodernized society in an age without the internet you can’t blame them for being so ignorant lol

    • @LivonianGuy
      @LivonianGuy Місяць тому +3

      @@burntrapmexicano1563 To fool a farmer in late 19th century that he is invincible was as easy as trolling older generations that you can charge your phone with a microwave.

  • @P4Tri0t420
    @P4Tri0t420 10 місяців тому +7

    12:43
    That dryed up china potatoe thing got me
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @こんにちは天下無双
    @こんにちは天下無双 8 місяців тому +5

    I am proud that my wonderful country, Japan, has been on a par with Western powers ever since.

  • @SWATInmates
    @SWATInmates 7 місяців тому +5

    yet my hoi4 relief force had 500,000 germans invading china while losing 20 men

  • @vitorrodriguesolstan3425
    @vitorrodriguesolstan3425 11 місяців тому +6

    That was a very interesting comparation between qin China and Japan. Nice video.

  • @giacomoromano8842
    @giacomoromano8842 10 місяців тому +18

    In our defense, no one told us that we were supposed to have a fleet.

    • @isaac6077
      @isaac6077 2 місяці тому +1

      This is something your just supposed to know. But unfortunately the italian mind cannot comprehend boat

    • @LivonianGuy
      @LivonianGuy Місяць тому

      @@isaac6077 Rome had fleet as good as Neptunes mood until Punic Wars.
      And believe me, Neptune and his dominion is last thing you wish to wage war on.

    • @thecollector6392
      @thecollector6392 Місяць тому

      @LivonianGuy
      The Italians fell off after Neptune

    • @LivonianGuy
      @LivonianGuy Місяць тому

      @@thecollector6392 You mean *drowned off* ?

  • @beyondborderfilms4352
    @beyondborderfilms4352 11 місяців тому +4

    Your videos get better and better.

  • @anmolsinghbath9434
    @anmolsinghbath9434 9 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for discussing the Sikh role! I was writing an academic paper for a journal years back on the Sikh role in the Boxer Rebellion, this video has definitely inspired me to pick it back up and continue!
    And before anyone replies yes, I am more than aware of the use of Panjabi and Sikh sepoys as subjugated lesser colonial soldiers.

    • @philipshearer5286
      @philipshearer5286 8 місяців тому +2

      Why did you add the last bit 😭😭

    • @anmolsinghbath9434
      @anmolsinghbath9434 8 місяців тому

      @@philipshearer5286 I know, I wish it weren't true! But alas, some odd folk who believe they alone can speak on behalf of all cultures get mad when such stuff isn't mentioned.

  • @poisonousbadge126
    @poisonousbadge126 11 місяців тому +12

    Why do you make so much art. From black ukraine to Pekking, art. You've come so far! Educating us all and making these awesome vids🎉

  • @Ruzikun
    @Ruzikun 11 місяців тому +3

    🎅🎄Merry Christmas🥊

  • @Sethilliano
    @Sethilliano 11 місяців тому +5

    I was getting interested in this subject a few days ago, thanks for making a video about it! Also I never realized how recent this video is
    Edit: 🥊🥊🥊🥊

  • @Ghost_Mast07
    @Ghost_Mast07 11 місяців тому +89

    Poor Italy just wanted the Sanmen Bay but nobody of his friends told him that he needed a fleet.🇮🇹 9:23

    • @CipiRipi-in7df
      @CipiRipi-in7df 11 місяців тому +13

      Poor Italy learned nothing from her big brothers Great Britain, France, USA, or even her younger brothers Germany and Japan... How on Earth do you want to play the "gun boat diplomacy" game, when you have no gun boats? :P :P

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 11 місяців тому +4

      @@CipiRipi-in7df Austria even demonstrated first hand to Italy during the Austro-Prussian War that they really need to upgrade their fleet, but didn't seem to learn from it. -_-

    • @CipiRipi-in7df
      @CipiRipi-in7df 11 місяців тому +2

      @@imgvillasrc1608 ...some folks never learn... 🤥🤥

    • @CriscCiaddu
      @CriscCiaddu 10 місяців тому +1

      Emmm the Regia Marina was one of the biggest and powerfull Navy in 1880-1900.....
      The problem of italy was the poor international presence(bad italian politics, not so aggressive as UK, France etc)

    • @CipiRipi-in7df
      @CipiRipi-in7df 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@CriscCiaddu .. no, it was not "one of the biggest and powerful Navy in 1880-1900"
      They could go after Turkish Navy or Austro-Hungarian Navy, they could be a threat to French or British Mediterranean squadrons, but that's pretty much all they could muster.
      They were far, far away from Royal Navy, American Navy, or even newly emerged Japanese Navy.
      Only two battleships were built by Italians in 1880, and (being allies in Triple Alliance), in case of a joint action against France, the Italians agreed that Admiral Haus, the Austrian commander in chief should take command of the proposed joint fleet.

  • @Flaggerz
    @Flaggerz 11 місяців тому +8

    Funny how the Qing Government halfway through the siege called timeout before continuing at midnight

    • @AliKhan-oc4rk
      @AliKhan-oc4rk 17 днів тому

      Bro said🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅 I SAID T!!!!!

  • @WinderTP
    @WinderTP 10 місяців тому +8

    As some guy who studied rudimentary Chinese history in middle school in Chinese, it always tickles me how badass the Chinese name 義和拳 (Righteous and Harmonious Fists per wikipedia) is, and then the West just calls them "boxers" which I guess is really fitting seeing how funny the concept of some people trying to bring their fists to a gun fight while thinking they're invincible because they summoned gods to possess them is

    • @Spheronic
      @Spheronic 9 місяців тому

      Different idea concepts.

  • @hitori3667
    @hitori3667 11 місяців тому +16

    omg a 46 minute video from ezekiel??
    Christmas came a bit early this year!

  • @Mrlemon748
    @Mrlemon748 5 місяців тому +1

    This is one of my favorite stories ever thank you for doing this video.I think everyone should know about the boxer rebellion and the siege of the Peking 🥊 🥊🥊🥊🥊

  • @LukeHemenway-s2c
    @LukeHemenway-s2c 11 місяців тому +5

    Great video and also I’m proud of you for making a video on this

  • @bulbs_
    @bulbs_ 11 місяців тому +14

    Insanely underrated channel

  • @pvc7442
    @pvc7442 11 місяців тому +19

    Poor Italy, the joke on their ability runs long and hard.

    • @marcusmagni
      @marcusmagni 11 місяців тому +2

      The animation in this video is a bit excessive

  • @achour.falestine
    @achour.falestine 11 місяців тому +13

    30:06 i have no words 💀

  • @thefranco-britishunion623
    @thefranco-britishunion623 11 місяців тому +6

    Finally.. what we've all been waiting for

  • @k_aesar
    @k_aesar 11 місяців тому +13

    so... did Italy get Sanmen Bay?

    • @publichearing8536
      @publichearing8536 5 місяців тому

      the ambassador went home to rome and told em:
      "send men, bae"

  • @revolutionstudios5052
    @revolutionstudios5052 11 місяців тому +9

    Admirable dedication to using period-accurate Postal romanization.

  • @AbhishekPraveen-jk7st
    @AbhishekPraveen-jk7st 11 місяців тому +2

    🥊. Great video

  • @kamboono9867
    @kamboono9867 11 місяців тому +3

    HHEEEYY I recognize that music at 24:51 that’s from kenshi :D

  • @jokekopter2509
    @jokekopter2509 7 місяців тому +1

    38:40 HAHAHA,this is really funny,like out of the all walls they chose most fortified one.

  • @ivanmargosdoesEverything.2923
    @ivanmargosdoesEverything.2923 11 місяців тому +5

    I’ll be honest, the battle of Peking is like the battle of Gallipoli, as they had underestimated the Chinese forces which made the campaign drag on, same thing with the Ottomans

  • @SethGreve-g1m
    @SethGreve-g1m 10 місяців тому +2

    Really good video, I liked the addition of the song.

  • @ethangriffin3935
    @ethangriffin3935 11 місяців тому +13

    One of my favorite tidbits about the Boxer Rebellion is how it helped kickstart the career if the fightinest marine to ever live.

    • @legionx4046
      @legionx4046 11 місяців тому

      DAN MOTHER FUCKIN DALY! 200 V1!

    • @notapuma
      @notapuma 10 місяців тому +2

      Smedley Butler? If so, very true.

  • @jackatwell5154
    @jackatwell5154 11 місяців тому +2

    I Been waiting for a video on the boxer rebellion

  • @henrycheng7598
    @henrycheng7598 10 місяців тому +9

    Highly recommend everyone go read Boxers and Saints, a two part graphic novel written by Gene Luen Yang about this conflict. You get the perspective of the boxers as well as the perspective of Chinese Christians at the time.

  • @zichenghan7585
    @zichenghan7585 10 місяців тому +2

    Amazing video! Might I suggest a video or two on the fall of the ming dynasty if this series continues.

  • @michaelpsellos2560
    @michaelpsellos2560 11 місяців тому +2

    Excellent Video

  • @MagaldiMateus
    @MagaldiMateus 11 місяців тому +6

    Part of me would like a what if "Boxer Victory" the other part knows it would be mostly war crimes as the great powers lunched the mother of all punitive wars.

  • @The_whales
    @The_whales 11 місяців тому +4

    Moral enemies after beating the boxer rebellion: hooray! We are best friends forever! And then they beat eachother

  • @punkie6181
    @punkie6181 11 місяців тому +4

    Amazing video ,

  • @shiinaanon8008
    @shiinaanon8008 2 місяці тому +1

    22:42 WOW! THE Kenshi theme

  • @Spiderfisch
    @Spiderfisch 11 місяців тому +5

    This is basically like Kung fu panda 2
    Guys with guns fight guys who know kung fu

    • @shinsenshogun900
      @shinsenshogun900 11 місяців тому +3

      Except it ended with the gun toting foreign guys winning over kung fu gunners

  • @mundogameplay1341
    @mundogameplay1341 11 місяців тому +1

    Thia channel is peak comedy and history🥊🥊🥊

  • @ArmoxCrazy
    @ArmoxCrazy 11 місяців тому +7

    Respect to the japanese engineer who gave up his life for his comrades to enter the city

  • @doesnormalityexist
    @doesnormalityexist 3 місяці тому +1

    "They really thought they were immune to bullets. We'll find out how that went!"
    Chesty Puller found out REAL damn quickly