Tây Sơn wars
Vietnamese military conflicts (1771–1802) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tây Sơn wars or Tây Sơn rebellion, often known as the Vietnamese civil war of 1771–1802, were a series of military conflicts association followed the Vietnamese peasant uprising of Tây Sơn led three brothers Nguyễn Nhạc, Nguyễn Huệ, and Nguyễn Lữ. They began in 1771 and ended in 1802 when Nguyễn Phúc Ánh or Emperor Gia Long, a descendant of the Nguyễn lord, defeated the Tây Sơn and reunited Đại Việt, then renamed the country to Vietnam.
Tây Sơn wars Vietnamese Civil war of 1771–1802 | |||||||
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Vietnam in 1792. Nguyễn lords' territories is the green area; while The yellow and the dark areas were under control of Tây Sơn leaders Nguyễn Nhạc and Nguyễn Huệ. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tây Sơn Cham people Chinese Vietnamese (1771–1777) Pirates of the South China Coast |
Nguyễn lord Trịnh lord (1774–1786) Qing dynasty (1788–1789) Royal Vietnamese army under Lê Chiêu Thống | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Nguyễn Nhạc Nguyễn Huệ Nguyễn Lữ Nguyễn Quang Toản Ngô Văn Sở Po Tisuntiraidapuran Lý Tài (1771–1775) Chen Tianbao Zheng Yi † |
Nguyễn Phúc Thuần Trịnh Sâm Sun Shiyi Cen Yidong † Lê Chiêu Thống | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Tây Sơn: 25,000 (1774) South China sea pirates: 50,000 (1802)[2] |
Nguyễn lord: 22,740[3] (1771) Trịnh lords: More than 30,000 (1786)[1] China: 20,000–200,000[7] (1788–1789) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1–2 million civilians |