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Mapa Mental por Heidi Buckingham, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Heidi Buckingham
mais de 12 anos atrás
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Crimean War - causes,
events and impacts
- Russian Empire was growing in
power and size while the Ottoman
Empire was declining
- fighting broke out where these two
areas met by land and sea
- Britain and France wanted to prevent Russian naval power
growing in the Black Sea
- Britain and France wanted to prevent Russian naval power
growing in the Black Sea
- fighting broke out where these two
areas met by land and sea
- Run up to war - Russians defeated a
Turkish fleet and occupied Turkish
territory around River Danube
- Initial aim was to expel Russian forces from
Turkish territory
- When the Russians withdrew,
Britain and France sent troops to
the Crimea
- Planning to take the naval base of Sebastopol
and destroy the Russian Black Sea fleet based there
- Planning to take the naval base of Sebastopol
and destroy the Russian Black Sea fleet based there
- When the Russians withdrew,
Britain and France sent troops to
the Crimea
- Initial aim was to expel Russian forces from
Turkish territory
- Planned 12 week campaign - lasted 12 months
- 25,000 British died
- French lost 4x as
many and Russians
20x as many
- Almost all died not from battle but
from disease, malnutrition and
exposure to freezing temperatures
- French lost 4x as
many and Russians
20x as many
- 25,000 British died
- Public Reaction in Britain
- Initially, the suffering of British soldiers had
a huge impact on public response to the war
- War caused limited political change
- But the newspapers moved onto other events and
outrage about the War was forgoten
- But the newspapers moved onto other events and
outrage about the War was forgoten
- Initially, the suffering of British soldiers had
a huge impact on public response to the war
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