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Can anyone tell me some basic info. about the Crimean War or can give me a website with basic infor? I don't want to read 40 paragraphs. I just need BASIC information like the cause of the war, some events that happened during the war, and aftermath of the war.
Thanks in advance!
This is about as short as I can get it.
The Crimean War (1853–56) was fought to stop Russian expansion into the Black Sea region. Russian forces opposed the allied armies of Great Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), and Sardinia (part of present-day Italy) in battles mainly on the Crimean Peninsula, which juts out into the Black Sea (today it is part of Ukraine). If Russia had won control of the Black Sea region, it would have gained military and commercial advantages
The more immediate occasion was a dispute between Russia and France over the Palestinian holy places. Challenging the claim of Russia to guardianship of the holy places, France in 1852 secured from Sultan Abd al-Majid privileges for the Latin churches. Russian counterdemands were turned down (1853) by the Ottoman government. In July, 1853, Russia retorted by occupying the Ottoman vassal states of Moldavia and Walachia, and in October, after futile negotiations, the Ottomans declared war.
In Mar., 1854, Britain and France, having already dispatched fleets to the Black Sea, declared war on Russia; Sardinia followed suit in Jan., 1855. Austria remained neutral, but by threatening to enter the war on the Ottoman side forced Russia to evacuate Moldavia and Walachia, which were occupied (Aug., 1854) by Austrian troops.
In Sept., 1854, allied troops landed in the Crimea, with the object of capturing Sevastopol. The Russian fortress, defended by Totleben, resisted heroically until Sept., 1855. Allied commanders were Lord Raglan for the British and Marshal Saint-Arnaud, succeeded later by Marshal Canrobert, for the French. Military operations, which were marked on both sides by great stubbornness, gallantry, and disregard for casualties, remained localized. Famous episodes were the battles of Balaklava and Inkerman (1854) and the allied capture (1855) of Malakhov and Redan, which preceded the fall of Sevastopol. On the Asian front the Russians gained advantages and occupied Kars.
The accession (1855) of Czar Alexander II and the capture of Sevastopol led to peace negotiations that resulted (Feb., 1856) in the Treaty of Paris.The Treaty of Paris (1856) required Russia to surrender lands it had taken from the Ottoman Empire. The treaty also abolished the Russian naval and military presence in the Black Sea region.
The Crimean War ended the dominant role of Russia in SE Europe; the cooling of Austro-Russian relations was an important factor in subsequent European history. Russia was unable to equal the strength of the powerful alliance formed by the European countries and the Ottoman Empire.
The Crimean War was infamously known for military and logistical incompetence. However, it highlighted the work of women who served as army nurses. War correspondents for newspapers reported the scandalous treatment of wounded soldiers in the desperate winter that followed and prompted the work of Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, and others and led to the introduction of modern nursing methods.
The Crimean War also saw the first tactical use of railways and other modern inventions such as the telegraph. The Crimean War employed modern military tactics, such as trenches and blind artillery fire. The use of the Minié ball for shot, coupled with the rifling of barrels, greatly increased Allied rifle range and damage.
The British Army system of sale of commissions came under great scrutiny during the war, especially in connection with the Battle of Balaclava, which saw the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. This scrutiny eventually lead to the abolition of the sale of commissions.
The Crimean War was a contributing factor in the Russian abolition of the serfdom in 1861: Alexander II saw the military defeat of the Russian serf army by free troops from Britain and France as proof of the need for emancipation.
I'm looking to learn more about Zulu people but I can't travel to KZN which seems to be where all the museums, traditional villages etc are located.
Does anyone know of Zulu culture in Cape Town or can anyone suggest a way to learn, meet and talk to Zulu people in Western Cape?
You could try at the University of Cape Town.
And look at this link, at the end there are 2 people mentioned:
http://www.africanvoices.co.za/zulu/zulua.htm
And take a look at these links:
http://wiki.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=Zulu_Kingdom
http://khozi2.nu.ac.za/events/essay1.html
http://www.zululand.co.za/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=31
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