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THE CRIMEAN WAR

THE CRIMEAN WAR. 1853-1856. Reasons for War. Take land from Ottoman Empire Get Constantinople Current conflict between Catholics and orthodox churches. Turks advantage. Have French as an ally because French has been a long time ally of Turks and enemies of Russia

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THE CRIMEAN WAR

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  1. THE CRIMEAN WAR 1853-1856

  2. Reasons for War • Take land from Ottoman Empire • Get Constantinople • Current conflict between Catholics and orthodox churches

  3. Turks advantage • Have French as an ally because French has been a long time ally of Turks and enemies of Russia • Have British as an ally because they hate changes in power

  4. The start of conflict • In July 1853, Russia moved forward and occupied the Danubian Principalities • In October the Turks declared war on Russia • In late November, the Russian Black Sea fleet attacked and destroyed a Turkish squadron at Sinope. Britain, anxious to secure a trade with the Turks, took this attack as an insult making a result inevitable

  5. The Battle of Alma • The battle happened on the 20thof September 1854. • This was the first time in which new rifled muskets were used. • The allies advantage, plus better skill, initiative and numbers, enabled the allies to drive the Russians out of a good position north of Sevastopol. • Led to a year long siege of Sevastopol with the Russians reinforced inside (Allies could have avoided this by attacking Russians right after battle but waited over a week giving Russians time to defend themselves.)

  6. Battle of Balaklava • 25th of October 1854 • First attempt to stop siege at Sevastopol • When Charge of Light Brigade happened (charge of light cavalry at Battery of Russians guns in a valley surrounded by even more Russian guns, made Russians never want to fight in the open field again.) • Main result of the battle was to leave Russian army dominating the only proper road between Balaklava and Sevastopol.

  7. The winter • After another attempted of the Russians to end siege, the armies stopped fighting for the winter. • The supply ships sent to the allies sank • Chorea raged through the camp due to lack of supplies • Only 12,000 ally troops were in fighting condition at the end of the winter

  8. The Final Struggle • 8th of September 1855 • The French launched one of the few well planned attacks of the war • Aimed at the Malakoff, one of the two key strongpoint's of the defense. • A heavy bombardment was followed an assault by an entire French corp. • Surprise was achieved by the first use of synchronized watches to time an assault • Malakoff was captured. • That night Prince Gorchakov evacuated the city.

  9. Treaty of Paris • 28th of February to 30th of March 1856 • Ended War • Russian lost dominance in the Balkans • Agreed to respect the integrity of the Ottoman Empire • Austria was probably the biggest loser because they lost Russia as an ally because they didn’t help and no one else was interested in being allied with them.

  10. Technological Advancements • technology allowed news to reach home very quickly, for the first time the condition of the fighting men were known at home • Florence Nightingale's famous nursing innovations improved the military hospitals • Riffled Muskets were used • Allies won not because of better strategy but because of better industrialization

  11. Bibliography • World Civilizations: The Global Experience • http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_crimean.html • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/crimea_01.shtml

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