Eight-Nation Alliance

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Western and Japanese Navy troops during the Boxer Rebellion. Flags, from left to right: Italy, United States, France, Austria, Japan, Germany, Russia, Great Britain. Japanese print, 1900.
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Western and Japanese Navy troops during the Boxer Rebellion. Flags, from left to right: Italy, United States, France, Austria, Japan, Germany, Russia, Great Britain. Japanese print, 1900.

The Eight-Nation Alliance (Chinese: 八國聯軍) was an alliance of 8 nations (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) which put down the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. The military contingent from the United States was called the China Relief Expedition.

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