European Empires in Conflict: The History of the Crimean War

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The Crimean War was truly one of the biggest confrontations in the 19th century, along with being one of Russia's greatest defeats in terms of field losses, tactics and political moves. Although it was a conflict between Russian and Ottoman empires, other big countries, such as the British Empire and Napoleonic France didn’t miss the chance to join and chose their side — all of them aligning with the Ottomans and leaving Russians of their own. This war had highlighted all of Russia’s weak spots and brought them more pain than accomplishments. This epic campaign on land and at sea was also the first war where many modern technologies and weaponry — such as telegraphs and bomb shellings. Along with that it was the last war holding a classical siege — the Siege of Sevastopol that lasted for almost a year. Watch the video for the details of this devastating war.