The Crimean War
The main focus of my event narrative, will be on “the Crimean War”, which was mainly fought on the Crimean Peninsula, but it was not always known as that, the Russians Called it the “Eastern War”. This war “was fought 1854-1856 by an alliance of Britain and France in support of their traditional ally, Ottoman Turkey, against Russia, seen as the tyrannical enemy”, (McDonald, 7). “The war arose from the conflict of great powers in the Middle East and was more directly caused by Russian demands to exercise protection over the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman sultan”, (Crimean War). “Another major factor was the dispute between Russia and France over the privileges of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in the holy places in Palestine”, (Crimean War). When it comes to the Crimean War, I hardly knew anything about it, I only know very little because my female archetype was a nurse during this war and her name is Florence Nightingale, who is the Mother of Nursing. She is called this because she founded modern nursing and to this day she is still talked about because if you ask any nurse, they should know of her. Nurse Nightingale went to the war to assist with soldiers because many of them were dying from either being sick or from battle wounds. Mainly what I would like to learn more about is why this war had
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“It did awaken the new Russian emperor Alexander II (who succeeded Nicholas I in March 1855) to the need to overcome Russia’s backwardness in order to compete successfully with the other European powers”, (Crimean War). To this day Russia is still one of those countries that in a way is an outsider, and I believe that will never change. Mainly though one person who will and forever be remembered is Florence Nightingale for the work she did during the Crimean War and also being the founder of modern nursing, to me he is the actress of this
On the other hand, Mary Seacole’s engagements fit the image of the “angel of mercy” and source V praises Seacole and her involvement during the war, despite being rejected by the British authorities due to her race and background. She went to Crimea by herself to help the wounded, whereas Nightingale who went there in request of the Minister of War, Sidney
The Civil War, a destructive and calamitous event in United States' history, which can never be forgotten. This was a complex conflict that took this nation through its darkest period. It cut to the very core of the political, economic, and social elements of American life. The civil war greatly impacted American history because it ended slavery, it led to military inventions, and it brought the north and south together.
In 1854, British troops fought in Crimea and the surrounding area to force Russians to leave the Turkish territories of Moldavia and Wallachia. Cholera and diarrhea infected the British troops through the battle. Then the British government sent a group of nurses to accompany Florence Nightingale to Turkey to help care for the soldiers. Within six months with the help of the nurses, the mortality rate from disease dropped from 42.7% to 2.2%.
Most of the news and stories are about the soldiers who fought bravely in World War 1, but what about the people back home? What did they do and what impact did they have? These people in the homelands worked hard to support themselves, family, and their soldiers fighting in the war. They changed the workforce and their way of live. These people donated their hard earned money and changed what they eat so that way they could support the soldiers fighting for them. Without them the news and stories from World War 1 would be very different.
Which weapons were created during WW2 and what was their impact on our society today? WW2 was a very industrious and devastating period in time, in which many weapons and massive bombs were manufactured to help win the war, killing many innocent people in the process. Some of the main innovations include infantry weapons, military vehicles, and a massive nuke called the atomic bomb.
The Russians have been seen from many countries throughout history as an enemy. It is no surprise that Russians were, at the beginning of WW2, allies with Germany and the Nazi party. Joseph Stalin being the leader of the infamous communist USSR was polar opposites from Adolf Hitler the fascist leader of Germany (Study.com, 2017). They did, however, both have the idea of expansion on their minds and they found common ground when they invaded Poland in September 1939. While Stalin went on to invade Finland and other parts of Eastern Europe, Germany had started to carry out their original plan. The Nazi party invaded the USSR in the summer of 1941. Although the Germans had the element of surprise on their side, they didn’t conquer in time and
The American Civil War, fought between 1860 and 1865 was one of the bloodiest conflicts in the history of warfare. At the end of the war, more than 600,000 soldiers were dead or wounded. The institution of slavery was ended and the United States was changed forever. Several causes have been suggested for the conflict, including the disagreement over the institution of slavery, economic differences between the north and south and a difference in how the Constitution was to be interpreted. Slavery, however, is the key issue that lies at the heart of the conflict.
This online encyclopedia article details the events of the Crimean War as well as the causes and effects of the war on Russia. I included this article in my paper to give the audience some background information on the events leading up to Russia having to sell Alaska due to financial hardship and debt accumulated during the war.
war and write about how they changed the direction of the war and also how women were
For this paper I focused on some of the reasons that lead to the United States of America to joining World War 2. I used 1 online source and 3 sources provided by the instructor. In this report I will go over a letter that F.D.R. sent to Hitler in regards to what Hitler was doing, the threat of the axis powers and how it intimidated the United States into arming for war, the events leading up to pearl harbor, and Pearl Harbor itself.
A. Attention step: the change in the context and trend of war in terms of ferocity of the weapons and the increase in human/nations participation was occasioned by the industrial revolution and the French revolution.
The war to end all wars, the great war, or more commonly as World War I, was the first global war that lasted a total four years from 1914 to 1918. A war that claimed a tragic estimated 8 million casualties can be traced back to one important event that, one could argue, changed society forever. This event was the assassination of the then Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, by a Serbian Nationalist by the name of Gavrilo princip. As a result, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, causing Europe to split into two sides, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance later became known as the Central Powers and consisted of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary while on the other hand, the Triple Entente took up the moniker of The Allied Forces and was made up of France, Russia, and Great Britain. For the soldiers most of their combat took place in trenches, long narrow ditches dug deep in the ground to prevent enemy soldiers from advancing, where they were bombarded and exposed to diseases. In fact, the planes used to bombard trenches were first tasked to spy on the enemy as a tactic. Speaking of planes and machines, WWI led to improvements in technology with more efficient weapons and such things like guns, artillery, tanks, the airforce.
The Triple Alliance was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed on March 20th 1882. Each country promised support in the event of attack.
To understand the significance of Stalingrad to the Second World War and to Germany and Russia, one has to understand the series of events that led up to the fateful battle.
When a soldier enlists into the military forces they know they are going in to fight for their country and freedom for everyone. They spend months training and preparing for the war and what to come. They learn to fight, shoot, and kill enemies, but what they do not learn is how to cope with the after math of the war. Soldiers in war every year come home with many post traumatic effects from what they had witnessed. During world war two this was known as shell shock; however what can be concluded is that world war two impacted the soldiers emotionally and physiologically from the time they entered to post war.