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15 Cards in this Set
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When was the Battle of Balaklava?
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1854
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How many Turks died at the Battle of Sinope?
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4000 dead
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How many men did Lord Raglan command in the Crimea?
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28,000 men
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When did Wellington die and what did Raglan say of him?
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1852
"What would the dear Duke have done?" - Lord Raglan |
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What two leaders had a feud with each other?
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Lord Cardigan replaced Lord Lucan as leader of the Light Brigade
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What was the state of the British and French army in the Crimean War?
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Poorly led.
Fielded better artillery than the Russians. Infantry equipped with percussion rifles. |
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What were the changes in the rifle during the industrial revolution?
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Percussion caps - Eliminated 20% of misfires, increasing firepower.
Minie Bullet - Accurate range of 600 yards, five times further than smoothbores. Dreyse Rifle - Five times faster than muzzle-loader. Could be fired while taking cover. |
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What were the changes in artillery during the industrial revolution?
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A rifled artillery had greater range and accuracy, as seen in the bombardment of Sebastopol.
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How did railways expand military capability?
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Speed of delivering greater number of troops
Keeping soldiers supplied Troops avoided exhaustion Sick and wounded could be removed, reinforcements easily supplied. |
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How did the electric telegraph affect military capability?
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Political leaders, commanders and armies could communicate.
Range of military command and political interference expanded. Newspapers reported on successes and failures of commanders in wars. "the confounded telegraph has ruined everything" - commander in Crimean War |
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How did the British support their troops in the Crimea by railway?
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25 miles track linking Balaclava harbour to British trenches.
240 tons of food and supplies received each day. Allowed reinforcements. |
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What were the significance of steamships during the Crimean War?
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Delivered weapons, supplies and troops to the Crimea in less than 3 weeks.
Superiority of ironclad ships with explosive shells against wooden vessels demonstrated by the French. |
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What was the state of the Russian army during the Crimean War?
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The Russians had an army of 1 million men in its Empire.
The army was garrisoned throughout the Empire had no means of delivering the forces to the warzone. Armies marched for months to the front, demonstrating the impact of industrialization on the balance of military power. |
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How did the new weapons as a result of the industrial revolution influence tactics in the Crimea?
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The advantage lay on the entrenched defenders, seen by Russians even with their inferior weapons.
Russia continued futile column charges. Britain's Charge of the Light Brigade showed mistakes in assuming advantage lay with attacker. |
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What were the casualties during the Crimean War?
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Russians - 500,000
Turks - 400,000 French and British - 300,000 killed or wounded. 4/5 of deaths due to exposure and sickness. |
