Episode 14 - The Fall of the Taiping Rebellion
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The Taiping take some steps towards modernizing China. More provincial armies are formed and a Taiping warlord faces off against Qing allied warlords and the Ever Victorious Army. Nanjing falls and the Heavenly Kingdom with it. The Young Monarch is hunted and killed. The remaining Taiping ally with the Nian rebels, but are also exterminated. Some lessons for the future can be learned from this unsuccessful rebellion.Image: "Monument to American Soldier of Fortune Fredrick Townsend Ward, Organizer of 'Ever Victorious Army'" by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. is marked with CC0.1.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 14 - The Fall of the Taiping Rebellion