The First Opium War was the beginning of China's modern history. 1In June, 839, in order to open the door of China market, Britain launched a war of aggression on the pretext of destroying opium in Humen, Lin Zexu.

Later, due to the unfavorable war, Qishan, governor of Daoguang Emperor Zhili, made peace with Britain and signed the first unequal treaty "treaty of nanking" in the history of China. China ceded land, paid reparations and negotiated tariffs to foreign countries for the first time, which seriously endangered China's sovereignty. China began to become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society and promoted the disintegration of the natural economy.

British and French forces invaded Beijing and burned Yuanmingyuan.

This invasion is also called the second opium war in history. After benefiting from the first Opium War, the British invaded China again with the French under the pretext of Mashenpu incident and Yarrow incident.

This time, I went straight to Beijing. After the looting of Yuanmingyuan, in order to cover up the truth, Yuanmingyuan was burned, and 6,543,800 pieces of cultural relics were lost, and three unequal treaties were signed with the Qing government. The Qing government compensated 8 million taels of silver.

3. 1894- 1895 During the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Beiyang Navy was destroyed.

1894, Japan declared war on the Qing government on the pretext of North Korea, which was a long-planned war by Japan. As a result of the war, the fate of China and Japan changed: the victorious country entered the ranks of modern powers, but then the ambition of the Japanese empire continued to expand and finally embarked on the militaristic road of foreign aggression.

The loser not only suffered the shame of ceding land for compensation, but also the modernization process that had just begun was interrupted halfway. At that time, the "Beiyang Navy", which the Qing government claimed to be the largest fleet in Asia, disappeared in a blink of an eye.

4. Jinan Massacre, the largest massacre in China caused by the Japanese army.

The Jinan Massacre is also known as the May 3rd Massacre. During the Second Northern Expedition, I was afraid that once China was unified, it would not be allowed to invade wantonly and try its best to obstruct the Northern Expedition. In the name of protecting overseas Chinese, Japan sent troops to Jinan, Qingdao and Ji Jiao railways. 1928 The National Revolutionary Army regained Jinan on May 1 day, and the Japanese army invaded the Shandong Negotiation Department established by the China government on May 3.

5. In the "9.18" incident, the Japanese army formally invaded China.

The September 18th Incident, also known as Shenyang Incident, Fengtian Incident, Shengjing Incident, Manchuria Incident, Liutiaohu Incident, etc. , refers to a military conflict and political event that broke out in northeast China on September 193 18.

The two sides of the conflict are the Northeast Army of China and the Japanese Kwantung Army. The Japanese army occupied Shenyang on the pretext that China troops bombed the South Manchuria Railway built by Japan. According to the date of the conflict, it was called the September 18th Incident. The next day, the Japanese army invaded Shenyang and successively invaded the three northeastern provinces.