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Get Nebula with 50% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch our new series History's Most Daring Raids: https://nebula.tv/videos/realtimehistory-cabanatuan-the-great-us-ranger-raid-to-save-500-pows-historys-most-daring-raids-episode-1 After the defeat in the 1st Sino-Japanese War, the Qing Dynasty is under pressure: Some are calling for domestic reforms and ousting Western influence, while the Great Powers want to further open up China for their businesses. Violence erupts when the so called Boxer movement kills several Westerners. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Mike Gloudemans, George Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen Røste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. Hearns, Stephanie Schindhelm, Paul Wilcox, Brad Durbin, Fogeltje, » SOURCES Biggs, Chester M. The United States Marines in North China, 1894–1942. McFarland, 2010. Ching-shan and J. J. L. Duyvendak. The Diary of His Excellency Ching-shan: Being a Chinese Account of the Boxer Troubles. E.J. Brill, 1924. Cherpak, M. Historical Monographs 16. Naval War College Press, 2009. Hsü, Immanuel C. Y. The Rise of Modern China. Oxford University Press, 1970. Jager, Sheila Miyoshi. The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia. Harvard University Press, 2023. Leonhard, Robert. The China Relief Expedition: Joint Coalition Warfare in China, Summer 1900. Johns Hopkins University. MacDonald, Claude Maxwell. The siege of the Peking Embassy, 1900: Sir Claude MacDonald's report on the boxer rebellion. Stationary Office, 2000. Mateer, A. H., and Fleming H. Siege Days: Personal Experiences of American Women And Children During the Peking Siege. F. H. Revell Company, 1903. Mühlhahn, Klaus. Geschichte des modernen China: von der Qing-Dynastie bis zur Gegenwart. C.H.Beck, 2021. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David. “Russia's Ambivalent Response to the Boxers,” in Cahiers du monde russe, 41/4 janvier-mars 2000: 57-78. Li, Xiaobang, ed. China At War - An Encyclopedia. 2012. Otsuka, Umio. “Coalition Coordination During the Boxer Rebellion: How Twenty-Seven “Councils of Senior Naval Commanders” Contributed to the Conduct of Operations.” In Naval War College Review 71. 2018. Prenzler, Johannes. ed., Die Reden Kaiser Wilhelms II. [The Speeches of Kaiser Wilhelm II]. 4 volumes. Leipzig, n.d., 2 Preston, Diana. A Brief History of the Boxer Rebellion: China’s War on Foreigners, 1900. Robinson, 2002. Seymour, E. H. My Naval Career and Travels. Dutton, 1911. Silbey, David J. The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China. Hill and Wang, 2012. Thompson, Larry Clinton. William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion: Heroism, Hubris, and the Ideal Missionary. McFarland. 2009. »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander, Beatrice Braun-Arnold Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2026