SH Archive The great Tartar wall in China

[Trouvare]

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Date: 2020-08-19 16:16:01
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"When America Ruled Beijing" (peking)

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A Book - "The Walls and Gates of Peking"
It seems to go into a LOT of detail; I marked the "Tartar Parts"

The Destruction of the Tartar Wall at Peking
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97 Period Photos of Tartar Walls & Fortifications

Thanks. I was unaware.

 

[igneous]

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Date: 2020-08-19 16:28:56
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Thanks. I was unaware.

I was too, actually. Learned about it when I first came across this thread and I was like 19,000 Marines fighting for 55 days with 7 other nations? And something about a Tartar Wall? What?

 

[Trouvare]

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Date: 2020-08-19 16:39:17
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I'm aware of the 9th Infantry Regiment "Manchu" from serving in Korea.

 

[Simon Ruszczak]

It's not a wall, it's a road.