"When the Chinese Besieged a Dutch Star Fortress ..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Dec 2025 1:06 p.m. PST |
… The (Staggering) Siege of Zeelandia 1661/62 "On a misty morning in 1661, the cannons of the Chinese warlord Koxinga opened fire on Fort Zeelandia. This marked the beginning of a siege that pitched a Western star fortress against a determined, disciplined, and numerically superior Chinese army. The siege lasted almost a year and was characterized by hunger and disease, complex terrain, and spectacular firefights. The stakes were high, as Formosa, modern-day Taiwan, was one of the most important Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia, and Koxinga desperately needed a safe base from the civil war raging on the Chinese mainland. This is how modern historiography tells the story of the staggering siege of Zeelandia…"
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| OSCS74 | 26 Dec 2025 11:18 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2025 3:46 p.m. PST |
Maybe a good new setting for a wargame…?
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