1854-1855: The True Horrors Of The Siege Of Sevastopol | Crimean War

The final programme looks at the aftermath of the war with Germany, with Italy and Romania springing up from the ashes of the confrontation. Meanwhile, in defeated Russia, the peasants and serfs were sowing the seeds of a future revolution.

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[markwb]

All wars are bankers wars. Be interesting to see that aspect of the Crimean war.

[Andrew-ppql]

Not certain why title include the Russian revolution after the Crimean war? That was not addressed nor did it happen for another 60 plus years. In addition...the balkans were not divvied up until after the ottomans defeat in the 1877 war with Russia not after the Crimean war. Lastly, the Crimean war was not Frances only victory in the 19 seem to have forgotten 1859? When France with Italy proved victorious over Austria. Still enjoyed the video....just a couple tidbits at the end that appeared incorrect

[madfrosty]

The sad thing is that we have not learned nothing from these conflicts, around 1 million innocent souls have perished in this conflict combined . Yet as fools we continue fighting and killing each other to this day under the pretentious excuses we always seem to find .
Oh how ashamed I am of those in charge that are always more than happy to send others in their place to die, without any remorse or conscience shown .
Evil masters and blind puppets, what madness to observe .

[autarchprinceps]

The Crimean War is really weird. One moment it seems virtually identically in parts of WW1 or even more modern, the other it is at best Napoleonic, if not Medieval.
You can really only wonder, how anyone was surprised about WW1 being such a mess, if they had this to study. Prussia/Germany at least has the excuse of not having been involved in it.

[troydodson]

Crimean War, watched all parts. The documentary is really high quality stuff, which makes it all the more depressing to hear of the soldiers sad tale

[midimitrova]

170 years on and we are still fighting meaningless wars. Is the human race evolving? Does not show

[kenanacampora]

Fun fact: Russian tsar Nicolas twin cousin of English king. These are all royal family wars. With idiots fighting and dying for them and the central bankers named rothschilds family.

[desmondmiller]

I am Jamaican and proud of Miss Secole

[obriets]

It’s odd to contemplate how the train of events set off in those days directly affect our relations today with the Russians, and even the Chinese and Eastern Europeans.

[garybrockwell]

Mary Seacoal, god bless her,
She saved many a soul on the battlefield, heroes of the battlefield GIFTED her there medal's, free Jamaican, we owe so MUCH 🗣️💯💥😱☠️🙏God bless Miss🙏🗣️RIP💪✌️😍🇬🇧🆘

[paulscottfilms]

It was a very good read. The reader does make a difference. These war stories make me very sad, I wonder often how I would stand up to the fear and madness of it all.

[tealsalmon]

SeVastopol and Gorchakov. But what were all those french, british and god forbit sardinian troops doing there anyway? Should have minded their own business back home.

[robertmoore]

This originally was a three part, each an hour long, series. So now it has been badly edited and slapped together to less than a third of its intended length. Very sad.

[ЛурДраже]

A very good documentary, but I strongly disagree with your conclusions. The main losers in this war were not even Russia, but three other powers, Austria, Turkey and Sardinia. Austria betrayed Russia and in this war supported the allies and also kept the 100, 000th corps near the Russian border, which is why the main Russian forces could not help the besieged in the Crimea. As a result, after this war, Russia in the Prussian-Austrian conflict already supported Prussia. Turkey, after the "victory" in this war, like Russia, lost military access to the Black Sea. Sardinia joined this conflict only because the French and British needed free cannon fodder. England France promised Sardinia much after the victory in this war. However, they were ignored in the Paris Congress, as a result of which they were left with nothing. I'm sorry english is not my language

[PirateCommander]

Leo Tolstoy sounded like he was related to Connor McLeod [who first died in 1536].

[Dullborn]

In the comments of previous chapters, there was much clucking of tongues regarding the absence of Mary Seacole in the narrative...It looks like she gets her due in this one...

[takebetterphotos]

Very good doco. I have always for some reason been interested in the Crimean war, but never really understood what it was about.

[Axemantitan]

Sevastopol is spelled with a V, not a B. The confusion likely lies in how the Cyrillic equivalent to V looks like a Western B. Also, if you want to get really technical, the emphasis is placed on the third syllable, not the second.

[krjames]

Whilst a good documentary, it is still very Anglo centered. When we learn the casualty figures for the French, Turks and Russians, we have to wonder why so much is made of the British casualties..? Things must have been much worse in the other armies. The graphic art work was a surprise, never seen it mentioned in relation to later art styles and it must have had some influence on artists.

[majcorbin]

[Q] did you hear, what happened to the Criminal Rainbow?
[A] he was arrested, tried & convicted, Then sent to PRIZM, but it was a LIGHT Sentence
you have just been IOWA DAD JOKED