THE CRIMEAN WARKEY EVENTS, PERSONALITIES AND TIMELINE

Aims:Introduce the chronology of the war and its causes.Objectives:1. Speculate on great power motivations for war.2. Complete motivations grid activity.3. Summarise the key events of the Crimean war.4. Examine and practice inference activity.

THE GENERAL CAUSES OF THE WAR

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THE BEGINNING.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8jAvJIQug3:35mins – 8:35mins

MAY 1853 – TROUBLE ON THE DANUBE.

• Russia invades Moldavia and Wallachia to protect Orthodox Christians.• The Russians felt other Christian nations wouldn’t

interfere.• The Russians slaughtered a Turkish fleet at Sinope

which caused France and Britain to consider war.

WAR!!! – MARCH 1854

• British and French Troops land at Varna to support the Ottomans.• The Russians are forced to withdraw by the

Austrians.• Could the Crimean war have ended here?

SEPTEMBER 1854

• Allies land in the Crimea.• Their goal is to capture the Port of Sevastopol. •Why?

THE BATTLE OF ALMA – 20TH SEPT 1854

• The Russians tried to stop the Allied advance.• British and French troops assaulted the Russian army and

drove them off.• Allied superiority in technology and ability demonstrated.• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spvI-95Goe0• Road to Sevastopol was opened but not exploited.

THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL - 24 SEPT 1854 +

• The allies laid siege to Sevastopol hoping to use their artillery and naval strength.• The siege involved trench warfare.• Conditions were horrific for both besiegers and

besieged.

THE BATTLE OF BALACLAVA – 24TH/25TH OCT 1854

• The Russians tried to lift the siege and break allied supply lines.• The Charge of the Light Brigade.• The Thin Red Line.

THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN – 5TH NOV 1854

• The Russians tried to relive the siege of Sevastopol.• Often called the ‘soldiers battle’.• The Russians were driven off but the allies couldn’t

exploit the victory.

THE GREAT STORM 14TH NOV 1854

• A storm destroys a lot of allied ships including HMS Prince which carried winter clothing for the troops.• Tents were destroyed and couldn’t be replaced.• Supply lines to the siege became almost

impassable.

THE FALL OF SEVASTOPOL – 9TH SEPT 1855

• After many attempts and lots of siege work the French stormed the Malakoff Redoubt.• The British were driven back with heavy losses.• The Russian position became untenable and they

withdrew from Sevastopol.

ARMISTICE AND THE TREATY OF PARIS

• The British and French withdrew from the Crimea.• The Russian fleet left the Black Sea. • The Black sea was open to trade.• Turkey retained its European provinces Moldovia and

Wallachia.• In general Russia lost power and influence in Europe.

SPOT THE INFERENCEInfer = ‘deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.’

Imply = ‘indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference.’

The source implied and the historian inferred.