The Crimean War

Synopsis

"'Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred,' 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Crimean War details the charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, the later Battle of Inkerman and the work of Florence Nightingale. In addition, we see the reasons behind the war and the aftermath of its combatants in Britain, Germany, Italy, Romania and Russia." [Amazon Prime Video] The aftermath of the war included: in Britain (22,000 died but set up global empire that was unrivaled until 1918); in France (100,000 dead and the gains were enormous but they were squandered within a few years); in the Ottoman Empire (disintegrated giving birth to the combustible Balkan States whose petty rivalries would ignite the first World War); in Russia (1/2 million lost but the government learned from the war it needed to industrialize; reforms introduced by Czar Alexander II included the emancipation of serfs. [Analysis of the war's aftermath in the last few minutes of the last episode]

Genre

Documentary

Released

2018

Location

Europe

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