Crimean
War Summary
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War Statistics and Data
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War Sources
The
Crimean War was, in many senses a war fought throughout
the world between seveal of the most powerful nations on
Earth. The British Empire, the newly recreated French
Empire, the Turkish Ottoman Empire, along witht the
smaller Kingdom of Sardinia , battled against the
huge Russian Empire. While the bulk of the ground
fighting took place in the Russian Crimean Peninsula
(from whence the war's name originates), combat also
occurred in the Ottoman-controlled Balkans, along the
Russian-Ottoman Caucasus border region, in the Russian
Far East, and naval combat took place in the Baltic Sea,
the Black Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean region. The
Crimean War was publicly about control of the "Holy
Lands," but was really about geopolitics and
diplomatic/military strategy. Russia sought to chip away
at Ottoman control of the Balkans and other areas, and
sought to use the sensitive issue of the Muslim Ottomans'
control of Jerusalem and other areas holy to both
Christians and Muslims.
Historians
consider the Crimean War to be one of the first truly
modern wars for several reasons.
New
technologies, and new ways to apply existing technologies
to warfare were pioneered in the Crimean war. These
modernities includied the first tactical use of railways
to transport troops, and the use of the electric
telegraph to improve communication between the national
leadership of Britan and France to the battlefield
commanders in far-off Crimea. The Crimean War also saw an
improvement in the care of wounded and ill soldiers
through the work of Florence Nightingale and Mary
Seacole, two nurses who pioneered modern nursing
practices in the British Army.
In terms of new
weapons technology, the British and French used the new
rifled muskets, thereby increasing accuracy and the
deadliness of their fire.
The public back
home in Britain were more engaged and informed in this
war due to the work of what we now call the news media,
in the written reports and photographs of combat
submitted by journalists such as William Russell (for The
Times newspaper) and Roger Fenton.
The
aftermath of the British Charge of the Light Brigade in
the Crimean War
Crimean
War Statistics and Data:
The
Crimean War Began:
The Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia on October 23,
1853. France and Britain formally declared war on Russia
on March 28, 1854.
The
Crimean War Ended:
March 30, 1856, with the signing of the Treaty of
Paris.
The
Crimean War Was Fought
Between:
The Allies (France, Britain, Sardinia, and the Ottoman
Empire vs. The Russian Empire
The
Crimean War Also Involved:
Rebels
in Greek-populated parts of the Ottoman Empire's Balkan
territories staged rebellions against the Ottoman Turks
during the Crimean War. In the Russian-occupied Caucusus
region, Chechen rebels led by Imam Shamil rebelled in
1853 and 1854.
The
Crimean War Resulted In:
Allied victory.
The
Crimean War Casualties:
French
Crimean War Casualties: 95,000 dead (10,240 killed
in action, 20,000 died of wounds, and some 60,000 died
of disease)
British
Crimean War Casualties: 21,097 dead (2,755
killed in action, 2,019 died of wounds, and 16,323
died of disease)
Sardinian
Crimean War Casualties: 2,050 dead
Ottoman
Crimean War Casualties: 175,300 dead
Russian
Crimean War Casualties: 450,015 dead
Crimean
War Sources and Links:
Crimean
War
--Wikipedia Article
Crimean
War--From
the BBC
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