How did Russia lose the Crimean War? ⚔️ What can we learn from the past ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY

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🚩 The Crimean War was the result of Russian demands to exercise protection over the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman sultan. Another cause was a dispute between Russia and France over the privileges of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in Palestine. More broadly, struggles between the great powers in the Middle East led to war. The Crimean War produced about 500,000 total casualties, with about half suffered by each side. A disproportionate number of deaths were caused by disease.

🚩 We apologies for errors in the video. Namely, Catalonia being part of France and not swapping the banner of Nicholas I with Alexander II. In hindsight both of these seem like no-brainers, but we somehow failed to notice them.

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[HistoryMarche]

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🚩 We apologise for errors in the video. Namely, Catalonia being part of France and not swapping the banner of Nicholas I with Alexander II. In hindsight both of these seem like no-brainers, but we somehow failed to notice them.

[HistoryMarche]

🚩 We apologise for errors in the video. Namely, Catalonia being part of France and not swapping the banner of Nicholas I with Alexander II. In hindsight both of these seem like no-brainers, but we somehow failed to notice them.

[andreascovano]

Ironically Austria would lose the most out of its ambition. Russia would not aid Austria against France, losing its main Italian possessions and would not aid Austria against Prussia losing Germany. Russia basically left Austria absolutely isolated and taking a big L

[aze]

I've heard that despite everything Russia was one of the winners in the long run in this war as by the time the later Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) had ended they had regained most of what they had lost while gaining the influence in the Balkans that they wanted.

Furthermore, I have also heard that the Ottoman Empire was arguably one of the losers of this war despite being on the winning side as their treasury was nearly bankrupted due to war expenses for no significant material gain. To add insult to injury, they had even lost the right to a navy in the Black Sea due to the demilitarization.

Finally, the one country that had lost the most in the long run as a consequence of this war was strangely enough Austria as it had been left isolated on the world stage. Russia perceived them as shockingly ungrateful, while Britain and France did not consider their actions in the war sufficient to earn their support. So in 1866 when Austria found itself at war with Prussia, Russia resented them while Britain and France were disinterested in them.

[Georgieastra]

The French and British were equipped with rifled muskets using minié balls and percussion caps whereas the Russians were using smoothbore muskets many of which still used flintlock ignition.
The video describes this as a *minor* technological advantage but in reality the French and British weapons had an effective range of 500 metres as opposed to the 80 metres of the Russian smoothbores.
This was an _enormous_ advantage and the Russians took huge casualties in which their troop formations were severely mauled long before they could get close to Allied lines.

[dikijnub]

1) Ottomans( Turkish) goverment went bankrupt at 1858 (heavy cost of military action during Crimean war),
2) British goverment resigned after war because of heavy military losses.
3) In 1871 (just 15 years after Crimean war) after defeat of France in France-Prussian war all 4 points of Crimean war treaty were denounced by Russia.

[Warmaker]

European politics and war was pretty crazy. Just several decades before this, the British, Prussians, Austrians, Russians were all big pals fighting the French. Not too long after the Crimean War, Prussia will go to war with the French, shocking the world with victory. Then a newly unified Germany would make longtime rivals the British and French have closer ties.

Add an ever growing population, industrialization, improved technology, and the tradition of ever shifting European politics, alliances, power plays, constant war, it's no wonder World War I took place. Almost a certainty.

[heh]

I've been to Sveaborg multiple times (Nowadays knows as Finnish castle aka Somen Linna). They told me there that when the British ships came, the cannons in the fotress had a limited range of fire, so couldn't respond in any way as the British ships were too far. And it was remarkable that the heavy British bombardment for 2 days, only killed like 1% of the sheltering soldiers on the Island.

[SolidAvenger]

Another amazing video by HM. The legacy of the Crimean War is still being overlooked by many people & I am glad it is getting the recognition it deserves by HM.

The Austrian Empire in the 19th century really had to play their cards right against how other European Powers would attempt to redraw the map of Europe. This sort of work after Napoleon I was first defeated in 1814, but with Prussia's further rise after Waterloo (and other military campaigns) & the Holy Roman Empire now gone, the Austrian Empire began to see its sovereignty being threatened by all sides.

Moreover, Metternich (who parley with Napoleon I in 1813) was ousted in 1848. It was the beginning when the stability of Austria's domestic & foreign policies started to unravel. The resurgence of nationalist revolts gripped the empire, and to which the Habsburgs had to play a balancing game (or limited mobilization by this video) of when to wage war or crush revolts.

Austria had to play the long game to survive when their former British ally & their French rival were beginning to aid the Ottoman Empire against Russia (who were still partially close with Austria given the right circumstances, however, the religious/nationalist revolts created a rift between the two powers). The Holy Alliance was being ripped to shreds during this war, and Austria's troop development in the wake of the Russian retreat in Wallachian and Moldavian lands was the final straw.

Austria became isolated by the end of the Crimean War & their isolation would lead to the Franco-Austrian War. Russia never came to their aid again (like how they always did during pre-1805 & during Napoleon's reign), and thus the decline of Austria led to the demise of the first phase of the Concert of Europe established after the Napoleonic Wars.

This led to German Unification under Prussia, Russia being neutral in the Franco-Prussian War, and Italy's later unification. Almost 3 Alliances of European factions would divide the continent and in which create the very environment leading up to WW1. Austria had to look towards the German Empire to ensure they would be relevant in terms of influence in Europe (partially their former German provinces) & in control of the Balkans via crushing further nationalist moments.

The rest is history...

[richdobbs]

I don't understand. Greece gained independence from the Ottoman empire in 1820's, but this map doesn't show any separate Greek state.

[Johnnycdrums]

Russia was back on it's feet by 1863, when it defended both coasts of the United States against British interference in our Civil War.
'The Russian Fleets of 1863", as it is referred by, stayed the whole summer, and even helped put out a massive fire in San Francisco, losing at least one sailor in the process.

[vangelisskia]

There was an independent Greek nation-state already for over 20 years prior to 1853. The map supposedly presenting the Ottoman empire is totally wrong.

[somewhere]

0:30 that map at the start has an error. Part of Greece had already achieved independence from the Ottomans.

[McJibbin]

Great video as always!! Love it! Keep up the great work HistoryMarche!!

[Zogerpogger]

Instantly clicked when I saw it was a collab with Strategy stuff, one of the most intellectual and interesting channels out there. I also love how Strategy Stuff doesn't pander for views, asking for likes and subs, just puts excellent videos out there and let's them speak for themselves.

[vadimaleks]

Another myth. Russia fought on 6 fronts, from Arkhangelsk to Kamchatka. And the only thing that the coalition of the strongest European countries could do was to occupy half of Sevastopol after almost 2 years of siege. Loss ratio 140k vs 220k. Great "victory".

[visszahang]

I found the explanation helpful that the Crimean War is a good analog for today -- "Limited War". I feel like most people get wrapped up that modern conflicts will result in a Total War situation like WW1 and WW2. Thanks for vid.

[ryanbyrnes]

This is amazing, thank you for creating and sharing.

[kksjihe]

One little detail: the man depicted as Russia's leader on the map is Alexander II of Russia. While he indeed was ruler of Russia during the Crimean War, he only became tsar during the later part of it, while during most of the war the man in charge was Nicholas I, Alexander's father, who died in the middle of the war.

[jeremyelser]

I love the tone and intensity of your videos. Your narrator does a great job.