Episode 2 of 3
Fall of Nanjing
- When
- July 1864
- Where
- Tianjing
- Part of
- Third Battle of Nanking
Imperial armies captured Nanjing in July 1864 after protracted street-by-street fighting, marking the destruction of the Taiping regime.
The younger Hong was inexperienced and powerless; Nanjing fell in July 1864 to the imperial armies after protracted street-by-street fighting in the Third Battle of Nanjing. Qing forces engaged in widespread looting, arson, and killing, causing heavy casualties and destroying large parts of the city, including the Taiping palaces.
Sources
- Taiping Rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
- Nanjing Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
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