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>>608675 The
Eight-Nation Alliance (simplified Chinese: 八国联军; traditional Chinese:
八國聯軍; pinyin: bāgúo liánjūn) was an alliance made up of Austria-Hungary,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the
United States whose military forces invaded China in response to the
siege of diplomatic legations from several nations residing in the
Legation Quarter in Beijing. The forces consisted of approximately
45,000 International troops. During the course of the campaign the
allied forces brought an end to the siege of the Legation Quarter and
brought an end to Boxer Rebellion in August of 1900. The troops were
sent after the Boxers attacked and murdered Chinese Christians, foreign
missionaries, and other foreign nationals across north China. The Boxers
then converged on Beijing and besieged foreign diplomats and civilians
who had taken refuge in the Legation Quarter. After their initial
efforts to reinforce the besieged Legation Quarter, the Allied
militaries eventually defeated the Boxers and the Imperial Chinese Army,
and then looted and pillaged the capital.[1][2] At the end of the
campaign, the imperial government signed the unequal Boxer Protocol of
1901.[3] |