Tango01  | 25 Dec 2012 8:20 p.m. PST |
Interesting article here with some pics of those days.
From main page
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Blount | 25 Dec 2012 8:39 p.m. PST |
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| gavandjosh02 | 26 Dec 2012 3:01 a.m. PST |
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| John the Greater | 26 Dec 2012 6:55 a.m. PST |
The siege of the legations in Peking is great to wargame. There are a great variety of defenders and the Chinese can be infinitely recycled as attackers. I have participated in such a game at a convention and it is VERY challenging. Thanks for the link Armand. |
| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2012 10:05 a.m. PST |
Happy you had enjoy it my friends.
the pic of the french marines at Pekin siege is great.
Incredible to see the destruction of the buildings.
It had to be a hard battle.
Sad that in the movie "55 days…" they show it for only three minutes. Amicalement
Armand |
| scarlinosr1 | 26 Dec 2012 3:47 p.m. PST |
An incredible link, thanks!! I got lost in the content!! again my thanks!! Sal Sr out!!!! |
| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2012 9:00 p.m. PST |
A pleasure for me you had enjoy it my friend!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Mapleleaf | 26 Dec 2012 9:16 p.m. PST |
Some of the Legation Buildings still survive in modern Beijing among which the French and British are the best preserved. The French Legation has an emigration function so at least you can get in the gate. On the other hand the British Legation now houses the HQ of the Communist Party for Beijing and is well guarded at all times. Entry s impossible for foreigners and they don't like you taking pictures from outside. |
| Tango01 | 27 Dec 2012 9:40 p.m. PST |
Many thanks for the data Mapleleaf.
Are there any museum about the siege? Amicalement
Armand |
| Mapleleaf | 28 Dec 2012 8:14 a.m. PST |
There was a display at the Forbidden City he lat time I was there which as a few years ago. It was all in Chinese and portrayed the Boxers as early pre Communist heroes. This is similar to the current treatment of the Taiping Rebellion which is also shown as a pre Communist peoples' struggle against a corrupt empire and foreigners There is a large museum in Nanjing devoted to the Taipings. The way China uses History is best shown at the runs of the Summer palace that was destroyed by the French and English.
Amongst the ruins is a large multilingual sign to the effect that this is what happens when China was weak. In order to prevent it from happening again China has to be strong and united. link |
| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2012 10:13 a.m. PST |
Many thanks for the data my friend. I always think that I hope China had not good memory about their past with the Western powers… because if they want one day to pay back… Amicalement
Armand |
| huevans011 | 24 Jan 2013 3:25 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the link, Mapleleaf. I especially enjoyed… "Modernizations in the green olympic city of Beijing. The 1st Solar Powered Public Toilet in Beijing at Zheng Yi Road." When a culture shows off its public urinals as a mark of its progress, one cannot be but impressed. |
gets started with WWI British in 15mm.
