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Crimean War (1853): Britain, France, and Ottomans Against the Russian Giant

November 30, 1853. In just two hours, Russian warships annihilated the Ottoman fleet at Sinope—3,000 sailors dead, only one ship escaped. The massacre ignited a war that would kill 750,000 soldiers and reshape the modern world. This is the story of the first industrial war. Where Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire formed an impossible alliance against the Russian giant. Where cavalry charged into certain death through a valley of artillery fire. Where a woman with a lamp—and a genius for statistics—revolutionized medicine forever. Where soldiers froze in their camps while supplies rotted seven miles away. From the absurd origins (monks literally fighting over church keys) to the brutal eleven-month siege of Sevastopol, this documentary reveals the catastrophic failures, the moments of extraordinary courage, and the lessons that would be tragically forgotten by 1914. 🎯 Time Stamps: ⏰ 00:00:00 — The Sinope Massacre: Russia's Brutal Opening Strike ⏰ 01:07:31 — The Charge of the Light Brigade: 670 Men Into the Valley of Death ⏰ 01:22:37 — The Deadly Winter: Florence Nightingale vs. The Real Enemy ⏰ 01:41:52 — The Fall of Sevastopol: 11 Months of Siege Ends in Flames ⏰ 02:00:50 — The Forgotten War: Why 750,000 Died For Nothing KEY FIGURES: • Tsar Nicholas I - The emperor whose miscalculations started it all • Lord Raglan - The one-armed commander fighting the wrong war • Florence Nightingale - The data revolutionary who transformed medicine • Franz Totleben - The engineer who made Sevastopol impregnable • Lord Cardigan - The aristocrat who led the Light Brigade to destruction • William Howard Russell - The journalist who invented war correspondence