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Who are the G8 countries?
Eight-Nation Alliance refers to Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, the United States, Italy and Austria-Hungary, among which Austria-Hungary refers to Austria and Hungary today. The total number of people in Eight-Nation Alliance is about 50,000, of which the Japanese army is the main force, about 23,000, and the Italians are the least, with only 85 people.

1900 ~ 190 1 year (Guangxu 26-27 in Qing dynasty), the allied forces invading China were composed of troops sent by Britain, Russia, Japan, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Austria. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, the boxer anti-imperialist patriotic movement broke out. 1900 in may, the powers decided to send troops jointly to suppress the boxer rebellion, and successively sent more troops to Beijing and Tianjin.

Major atrocities

Eight-Nation Alliance often accused people of being Boxers, so he killed them. The invading army set fire to Wangmi, Zhuang Qin in Xisibei Taipingguan Hutong, killing 1800 people on the spot. The German aggressor troops were ordered to "kill all men and women, old and young, as long as they meet in battle".

The French army used machine guns to force the crowd into a dead end, strafing 15 minutes, not one left. When killing people, Eight-Nation Alliance "beheaded" with all his weapons, taking photos from all angles in an attempt to intimidate, which has now become the ironclad evidence of Eight-Nation Alliance's crime.

According to records, it is said like this: "On the day of breaking the city, foreigners killed countless people; But I heard gunshots, cries for help from women and children, and bodies in the street. " British records say: "Beijing has become a real cemetery, full of dead people, no one buried them, leaving wild dogs to eat the lying bodies."

Japanese occupied areas set up "An Min Office" and German occupied areas set up "China Captive Bureau". The Russian invaders posted notices forbidding people to resist, saying that "China people will be punished immediately if they hold guns. If you shoot from a room, it will be burned. "