...r Bull Run ; American Civil War ; the Civil War ; war between the states 鸦片战争 The Opium War ; SinoBritish Opium War ; British Opium War ; Opium Wars 伊拉克战争 Iraq War ; invasion of Iraq ; Gulf war ; War on Iraq ..
As Mr. Platt notes, the Second OpiumWar (1858-60), which culminated in British and French forces winning important diplomatic concessions from the dynasty, took place alongside the Taiping Uprising.
People know the horrific history of the Opium Wars (a war that was fought to allow the British to continue drug trafficking), the subsequent colonization of Hong Kong, and the atrocities of the Rape of Nanking.