“The Charge of the Light Brigade” The poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson affected my understanding of real events because it tells you about the courage of the six hundred because they went on even though they knew someone had made a mistake. The Charge of the Light Brigade helped me understand real events because this was life during the war there was no time for thought about losing or death you just had to push through and fight. The poem was written about a charge by British forces across open terrain in Ukraine. British troops were in Ukraine because Russia was taking over Dardanelles. This was bad because it affected Britain's sea routes. Britain's sea routes were important for the to get goods from other countries. The
