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- by sending troops to begin the First Opium War (1839 – 1842). China ... in British troops and begin the First Opium War (1839 to 1842). Technologically ...12 KB (1,653 words) - 19:28, 21 August 2020
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which marked the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- Ridge, on February 13, 1942, during World War II in the Battle of Singapore ... the Japanese caught others as prisoners-of-war. That penetration led to the ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- is still worn in remembrance of World War I. Ecologically, many are ... * Papaver—— Iceland poppy, Oriental poppy, Opium poppy, corn poppy ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- an anti-imperialistic account of the Opium War entitled, “Through Chinese ... the Study of Chinese Painting (1923), The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes (1958 ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- fortune in the fur trade, real estate, and opium. Astor was a very ambitious ... just after the end of the Revolutionary War. He traded furs with Indians ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 22:01, 30 January 2025
- After World War I, Cocteau finally found success on the stage with ... it left him stunned, despondent and prey to opium addiction. Opponents of that ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 09:08, 23 December 2024
- Prince Tub joined the army when his father and grandfather went to ... On May 18, 1839, be outlawed the use of opium. Thailand, and Rama. ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- the site had been used by the British as an opium warehouse during the nineteenth ... government before the onset of World War II. Bukit Chandu (which means ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- army and fought in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 – 1895). After the ... who was known as a womanizer and an opium addict, would more easily ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- to China's demise with the Second Opium War. He reasoned that eradicating ... Chinese interior, which after the Second Opium War in 1860 had been opened ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- mentor, Cai E, Zhu De developed a strong opium habit and fell into a life ... During the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, Zhu ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 15:28, 3 December 2022
- [[Image:325px-First Opium War Smuggling.jpg|thumb|right|250px|1921 ... the British declared war on China (First Opium War). China was defeated and ...41 KB (6,357 words) - 21:12, 30 January 2024
- war against Great Britain in the First Opium War. The ruling Qing dynasty ... during the Anglo-Chinese Second Opium War and Taiping Rebellion. ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- In 1842 the British defeated Chinese forces in the First Opium War ... French military force during the Second Opium War, coupled with the flight ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- (ćť±ĺ¸čľ˛ć°‘éť©ĺ‘˝) or the 1894 Peasant War (Nongmin Jeonjaeng). That ... occupation of Beijing during the Second Opium War, Choe felt dread and foreboding ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- smuggling. This finally resulted in the Opium War of 1840, eventually leading ... efforts to end the trade led to the First Opium War with Britain. ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- officer. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China ... Mutiny," was a pure and justified war of independence to the Indians; ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- observed the colonization of China and the Opium Wars there with grave concern ... [[Image:Second Opium War-guangzhou.jpg|thumb|right|250|Second Opuim War]] ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- Harrison first gained national fame as a war hero, defeating a large group ... Washington in the American Revolutionary War. From Wayne he learned how ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
