"Crimean War" is also a misnomer. Only the inability to march through Austrian or Prussian territory & the frozen waters of the Baltic prevented a wider land war. There was still combat in the Pacific, Kamchatka, & the Baltic.
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The Anglo-French amphibious landing at Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula, after chasing the Russian fleet clear across the Pacific, had higher casualty rates than the Light Brigade.
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The profession (as in, the professionalization of) nursing exists because Crimea was so bad
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also, one could argue, infographics.
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Also critical in the development of the nursing profession
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Curse you, you’ve suckered me in now. Best history of the Crimean War?
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Florence Nightingale and her belief in miasma sure took out a lot of soldiers.
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Also important on the road to creating Italy
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Couldn’t agree more. Massively overlooked—particularly here in the States.
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Another great "what if"..... Ottomans could have been decisively broken much sooner if Britain and France hadn't stepped in.
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