The Battle of Alma - The Crimean War - European History - Part 3 - Extra History

[@extrahistory]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love You guys! You always make My day ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊

[@neilbuckley1613]

An excellent and funny novel about this war is "Flashman at the Charge" by George MacDonald Fraser, containing a wealth of facts about the leadership of the Britiah Army in the Crtmea, presented with wry humour.

[@jonyprepperisrael60]

I cant wait for the mention of the Canton kid soldiers of the Russian Imperial army

[@Croatoan140]

I am the very model of major general should have been background music

[@lozeldatkm]

You know, if you showed more Zoey, people would watch your sponsorship spots more.

[@abcdef27669]

No wonder Matt is the Game Master for the majority of D&D sessions for EH crew: The way he narrate battles is mesmerizing.

[@ICountFrom0]

Though I do have to admit the one wrestling segment was also very good.

[@jamesalfredstrong8106]

I would love to see that 😮 that sounds narely

[@danielating1316]

@someguy5638 I prefer Epic History but my issue with him is that it takes months for him to produce one video.

[@admirrad3777]

@@jamesalfredstrong8106gnarly??

[@peterstickney7608]

Cardigan, Raglan, Balaclava - While the British in the Crimean War did little to advance Military Science, they certainly made giant strides in the technology of knitted garments.

[@talknight2]

What's a raglan?

[@jennywarren3176]

​@talknight2 a sleeve design, named after Baron Raglan who lost an arm at the Battle of Waterloo.

[@timothylong3110]

Solid burn.

[@greensteve9307]

@@talknight2 "Instead of a prefixed sleeve set into the armhole, the new design was a sleeve that extended in one piece to the collar, leaving a diagonal seam from the underarm to the collar. This allowed for greater movement, making it easier for Lord Raglan to dress and to swing a sword. And that is how the Raglan Sleeve was invented."

[@tenlosol]

The picnics on battle is crazy but reminds me of the early battles in the civil war.

[@1ronDragon]

Yeah, I'm not American but when he said the picnics I thought "oh, like the battle of Bull Run"

[@tenlosol]

@@1ronDragon truly it was a different era

[@Tinil0]

It was, what, 7 years away from Bull Run? Definitely something in the air haha.

[@andrewphilos]

That idea of refusing to attack Sevastopol until they had a siege outpost in Balaklava reminds me of the saying in chess circles: "If you have mate in one, look for a better move." 😂

[@MrSWGrant]

I don’t play Chess. Can you explain the meaning of you have a mate in one look for a better move? Like look for checkmate in one?

[@insanity2amillion]

​@MrSWGrant if youre going to win, dont look for a cooler way to win, just take the win

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

@@insanity2amillion If the attack is going well, push. But if its going too well, retreat.

[@oceanberserker]

Which is why chess players suck at practical tactics and even more so at strategy.

[@andrewphilos]

@@MrSWGrant The joke is that "mate in one" is the best possible move--it literally wins you the game--so there ISN'T a better move. If you pass it up, you're only making your position worse. You might even lose.

[@Hondavid.]

Watching history happen in real time has changed my perspective on how I view history itself.

[@kreankorm]

History may not repeat itself, but is certainly rhymes.

[@alex_zetsu]

Yeah, it is interesting to see how it is like from the perspective of those who lived in the events rather than a detached omniscient narrator that knows the ending.

[@lahire4943]

Slight correction: the Zouaves were not Frenchmen recruited from Algeria. At least not after 1841. When the French arrived in Algeria, they started recruiting soldiers from the local population, with a uniform inspired from the Algerian warriors, forming regiments of zouaves. However, in 1841 the French army was reorganised: the North Africans were sent in regiments of tirailleurs algériens (also called Turcos), the recruitment for the zouaves was restricted to Frenchmen. So during the Crimean war, the Zouaves were French from France.

[@aceous99]

maybe they had a few Africans in the units

[@haniwa7006]

@@aceous99 they didn't have algerians, no. As much as I sympathise with algeria, it's important to not speculate about established fact. lahire is right.

[@omeven5785]

@@haniwa7006 yea, it's just a case of anachronism. Troops "from the colonies" acquited themselves very well when fighting under france in later history, and it's true that their impact and bravery is not as known as it should be

[@haniwa7006]

@@omeven5785 no doubt, askaris, zouaves, etc were a force to be reckoned with. However its important to be historically accurate and to not do a disservice to history in name of redeeming unsung heroes, let them shine in the moments they actually shone.

[@robertbodell55]

to be fair while still an error the the zouaves are depicted as algerian at this time i believe that tirailleurs Algerians regiments did also serve in crimea as well and got the Turcos nickname in that conflict

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

I've heard historians say that if Wellington had been in Crimea, Raglan and the British Commissariat would have "swung from the gallows."

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

Pretty much. The weakness of the British system was it took commanders with the force of personality of a Marlborough, Wolfe or Wellington to make it work.

[@leeetchells609]

Raglan himself said if he ever returned to england he would be stoned in the street. He died from dysentery and depression 2 weeks after the failed British attack on the redan 18th June 1855..

[@comradekommandmentklaus1848]

Imagine being a French man and then you hear a British officer call the Russians French.

[@florians9949]

French soldier one: what is he saying? French soldier two: I don’t know, I don’t speak tea.

[@geoffreyherrick298]

Well, French was the court language of the Russians.

[@loyalpiper]

In all fairness for once to raglan, he actually did a good job in keeping relations between the allies excellent.

[@VoteForBukele]

You can usually tell from the smell. The French have a distinct musky aroma. Russians smell like sorrow.

[@samooof4846]

I am the very definition of a Modern Major General because I can name every animal and mineral I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery,I can tell a Mauser rifle from a javelin I'm the definition of a Modern Major General

[@swordsnspearguy5945]

Blew up an entire village to breakup an enemy advance... glad to see some things never change

[@Damocles16]

He was the very model of a modern major general. He had information vegetable, animal, and mineral. He knew the kings of England, and he quote the fights historical.

[@Gorboduc]

From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical! (A reference to The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World From Marathon To Waterloo, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, a book from 1851 that lots of viewers of this channel would probably love.)

[@Raptor_Ren]

He is very well acquainted too with matters mathematical.

[@jimtalbott9535]

Or: “He thought so little, they rewarded he, by making him the ruler of the Queen’s Navy.”

[@thecount5558]

A slight correction at 2:24. You could indeed purchase a commission in the British army (as Lord Cardigan did) , but you could only do so up to the rank of lieutenant colonel. To achieve a rank higher than that you would need either merit, seniority, or connection (or a combination of two or all three in some cases).

[@Wolfeson28]

But even so, if the pool of officers eligible for those higher ranks was mostly filled by people who had purchased their commissions, even a somewhat more selective process for Colonels and above would only help a bit. It's lucky that the British had a man (Wellington) who had both the money to achieve high rank and excellent ability at a time when they really needed it, but unfortunately that was far from the norm in the 1700s and 1800s.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

@@Wolfeson28 Absolutely. Particularly if you haven't gone through major warfare and active combat hasn't weeded the worst of the purchase officers out.

[@thecount5558]

@@Wolfeson28 The British army actually made it mandatory in 1849 for all prospective officers to take an exam which would gauge their knowledge about certain subjects such as arithmetic, geography, languages, and military common sense (the last one is just an educated guess based on what I've read). Certainly a far cry from spending several months or years in a military academy, but even then, some officers who spent years in the academy still proved quite incompetent at times. Of course, Lords Raglan, Lucan, and Cardigan had already purchased their commissions long before 1849...

[@loach5348]

Watching this as Wagner marches to Moscow is a wild experience Edit: Welp

[@vladislavnet]

As a Russian, that's so hilarious)

[@germanempire8678]

​@@vladislavnetcan agree

[@germanempire8678]

​@@vladislavnetbut still, it can turn into a tough situation, something can go wrong, a single misunderstanding can ruin all of it

[@gooby8953]

They just turned around. Nevermind

[@_vasty3776]

@@gooby8953 What news source said that? They might be heading to St. Petersburg

[@ianmorgan7793]

Loving this series so far! I just hope we get a call back to Mary Seacole at some point, after all one of the best parts of history is reaching back and shedding light on those who deserve to be remembered!😊

[@paulallen579]

It wouldn’t surprise me if Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale, and other innovators of health care get their own episode. Their legacy can truly be felt today.

[@Buzterer]

Mary Seacole has a pair of epusodes already

[@liammccormack3123]

Honestly, I think Florence Nightingale has an EH video, too

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

"I've information vegetable, animal and mineral." --Lord Cardigan (presumably)

[@neilbuckley1613]

No the "modern Major General" of G & S was Garnet Wolseley, who in fact was very competent. Cardigan was a very stupid, very snobbish but admittedly brave officer.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

Across the Pond, one General George McClellan liked to compare himself to Napoleon, imagining him to look just like Lord Cardigan.

[@aceous99]

@@ladymacbethofmtensk896 I think little Mac was kind of the opposite of Cardigan, smart but not very brave.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

@@aceous99 In the end, the result was the same, and THAT is what matters.

[@typacsk]

Stick close to your desk And never go to sea And *you* may be Captain of the Queen's Navee!

[@papa_kernels4816]

As an American, we never learned about this in school. Very interesting to learn about now. Always love watching as i learn so much that I never would have before

[@sfigatto_0167]

Mostly because it really has no consequence, as the Russians will retake and expand few years later. The only other country which is studied is in Italy, as this war was a keystone for the later unification wars.

[@meganrogers3571]

I was thinking the same thing. The only thing I knew about the Crimean War was Florence Nightingale (and later, as an adult, I learned about Mary Seacole). I'd heard of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" but couldn't have said what war it was in reference to.

[@xenotypos]

I understand it's mostly narrated from the perspective of the British side since it's an english-speaking channel, but it's important to mention briefly that most of the allied soldiers that landed were french ones. Britain sent 100,000 soldiers and France 305,000, a very large difference in commitment. Even the Ottoman empire, defending its home country could only gather 230,000 soldiers in that conflict, and not the best equiped ones. That being said, as said in this series the British fleet was indispensable to put more pressure in the Baltics, and thus end the conflict.

[@Looneyboyo]

Fun fact: whilst the commissariat was a disaster (and to be fair, even back then they knew it), the Quartermaster General to the British forces, Richard Airey, was considered one of the better officers in the high command. The issues (as far as I've read, anyway, I won't claim to be an expert) were systemic and you'll find stories of British forces struggling with supply lines and distribution all the way back to Marlborough's campaigns in the 1690's. The British Army themselves had been trying to reorganise things for years but there was always something going on that backburnered reform. Ironically Waterloo set things back a surprising amount; the army had performed so well there that a lot of the high command got it into their heads that nothing needed to change.

[@kaltaron1284]

I'm trying to remember who said it but "If you don't want to fail, you don't prepare for the last war, you prepare for the next war." Or something like that.

[@Kaiyanwang82]

"... Lord Cardigan, commander of the Light Brigade .." OH BOY HERE WE GO

[@mertroll1]

Man i really love this series, its really interesting to learn about this war. I just hope that my favourite light brigade wont charge in their certain doom because of communication mismanagement !

[@marinamoraes6174]

Man the British were lucky they didn't have to defend their home during this time period

[@beijing_duck6861]

The Royal Navy is a wonderful thing. Unlike the army naval officers had to pass exams to progress and any sailor had the opportunity to become an officer, unlike the army.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

Against who?

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

Rule Britannia

[@aceous99]

the Vikings were the last nation to successfully invade UK I think, and that was before they had the Royal Navy?

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

@@aceous99 Normans were.. over a 1000 years ago.

[@starlmo]

I feel like this series has been so awesome.

[@Dragoj419]

4:52 Reminds me of the First Battle of Bull Run in the American Civil War when, as the battle was close to Washington DC, the politicians came out to watch the battle. and all sides discovered the lethality of the Minie Ball in much the same way.

[@dustman0048]

Little confusion about the Zouaves: Their recruitments since 1842 are exclusively European

[@aceous99]

are you sure about that?

[@dustman0048]

@@aceous99 yep at the beggining the French took inspiration of algerian units and create the zouaves but between 1842 and 1942 the units only recruit european french In WW2, mostly of the Free French force were from africa and with the shortage of manpower they open the recruitment to african

[@tugrulgul5903]

so why they got ckname turcos?

[@dustman0048]

@@tugrulgul5903 The Zouaves are not nickname Turcos it was the « tirailleurs algeriens » who were nickname turcos. When the French decide to only recruit Frenchman in the Zouaves units in 1842 they also open recruitment of Algerian to the tirailleurs algériens units and so this units was mostly composed of Algerian

[@tugrulgul5903]

@@dustman0048 oh ı understand now thanks.

[@thegreyman1575]

Now I know why we have that “Modern Major General” song. Thanks “Lord” Cardigan!

[@just-sumdude6823]

4:35 i kid you not, i was watching this part. and the moment the explosion went off it was cut off by an ad and i cant stop laughing

[@Grimmtoof]

I really hope you mention the change of the heavy brigade, just as heroic as the light brigade but unlike then a successful charge.

[@ICountFrom0]

I'm not sure what impresses me more, that the way we think about these events was down to the writings of just one person on each side... or that you got me to watch a commercial for coffee, and actually think about getting some. BTW, french press united!

[@tremendousbaguette9680]

This is the way.

[@ASpaceOstrich]

That commanders deliberate decision to do something worse because it *feels* more strategic is the sort of thing I'd do in an RTS.

[@achillesplayz8197]

Another great vid, I am more than excited for the next one.

[@parthasarathyvenkatadri]

It's kind of sad to think about when the war being fought most people thought everyone would remember this war and the people who fought forever but here we are just hundreds of years later and apart from niche history channels and some history nerds .. no one even remembered .. makes me wonder what about the wars of today .. will they be remembered..

[@jeffmartin5419]

People will know there were a lot of "minor wars" leading up to the collapse of several major powers, which will be replaced by new* powers and we'll study the rise of those. *new as in new at being a power again

[@przemyslawsperczynski4587]

i still remember parts of the poem from the light brigade form year 10 english. such a good poem

[@PSYCHOxFROST]

There's a video of the trooper by iron maiden played over the charge of the light brigade 1968 film and its brilliant

[@MrDalisclock]

In Assassin's Creed Syndicate, you get to meet Lord Cardigan. Part of the lore entry for lord cardigan goes "After the charge of the light brigade failed, he retired to his private yacht for a steak. It was that kind of War". One of the few bits i remember from that game.

[@johnsoldier8722]

Oh well that’s interesting

[@AtlasNovack]

Every time somebody in a war says "yo, come check this out, we gonna clean house" to the public, they get egg on their face 💀

[@thomsonandfrench4974]

Ah, so these British commanders are the modern major generals I've heard so much about?

[@ferretyluv]

Yup. That’s exactly who they were parodying. All education, no experience.

[@Carewolf]

@@ferretyluv These ones have no education either, just money and/or connections.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Incredible as always guys! Cant wait to see the next episode! That charge was only surpassed by pickett's charge in the ACV by the sheer blunder and sacrifice of men!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@wittythings4238]

This is my favorite channel I Love what you did

[@digantakumargogoi1166]

In school itself we were flooded with examples of Crimean war,,,, The discipline shown by British troops during the charge of light brigade, Kindness of Florence Nightingale

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

This channel is incredible! Bect time do the wars of the roses!😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@bthsr7113]

Do you know how much work that would be.

[@raynitaylor1912]

3:24 YES!!! My favorite underrated special military force got mentioned by someone!

[@yobgodababua1862]

Prior to the next installment, please cue up Iron Maiden's "The Trooper".

[@DeltaDemon1]

Years ago, I read a book on the Crimean war and I understood more here than in the whole book. It seemed that the book assumed you knew all about the Crimean War before reading it.

[@thorgrimgrudgebearer6844]

new weekly dose of Bad Ru,nice.

[@Greebo-ne1sc]

One small thing is although the British army had a purchase system you still had to serve a certain number of years, perform tests, and be the most senior of your rank in your specific unit before you could buy to the next rank

[@fictionfan0]

Maybe, but that still doesn't change the fact that you could *buy a rank.* At all.

[@lankinator.]

​@@fictionfan0it's not like you could go "Hm, I shall pay to be a General", no you had to wait for your next rank to become available and if you were next in seniority you would essentially pay for the privilege to be promoted to that next rank. It's like if you wanted to be promoted in an office job and your boss said "sure you're next in line, but you need to pay 10% of your new salary to the company first" It was a way to make sure the man had the means to fund himself and his company as officers also had to pay for their units upkeep Brandon F has a good video on the topic

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

Loved the video! Have you ever considered doing a series on the 1798 rebellion in Ireland? Cannot wait to see your drawing of the forty-twa!

[@medi_okra_guy]

People coming to picnic and watch the battle sounds like the First Battle of Bull Run.

[@wingedhussar6410]

I really do hope they to an Iron Maiden reference for the charging of the light bregade on the next episode.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

And thus...history repeats itself yet again but only the parties are different.

[@simonweber2791]

Extra history is amazing!!!!!!

[@nin10doadict]

"Hey, commander, if we march on their key city we can take it now before they have any defenses set up." "Counterpoint: When you have checkmate in one, look for better."

[@discuswithdavis]

Also worth note and watching is the work EH crew about Mary Seacole AKA Mother Seacole.

[@Magmafrost13]

2:25 you might even say he... is the very model of a modern major general

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

It is interesting that the name Alma became popular after this in the UK, and a wave again in the early 20th century (like my nan) honouring treasured Grandparents. Also Balaklava and Cardigan became the usual names for forms of knitwear! Then you have the whole Zouave fashion in military circles.

[@4501productions]

babe wake up new extra history video just dropped

[@unkownhistory7660]

DO THE REVOLT OF 1857 NEXT!

[@Numba003]

Thank you for another very interesting episode. The battles on Crimea sound like they contained many blunders. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@JohnJohnson-zt3bv]

“Somebody had blundered” -Charge of the Light Brigade

[@zazanova7327]

Funny thing. Varna, was at this time only a little Greek fisher village. Its former name was Odessos before being Varna after the Ottoman Empire came. Bram Stalkers Count Dracula began at the port of Varna. Part of my family is from this beautiful town with a colourful history like the eldest gold in Europe. Today, it is the 3rd largest City of of the country. Unfortunately, these days it is more known for being a cheap tourist destination by many, with the golden sands resort north to the City.

[@theepicone1264]

I hope you will mention relaltively recently discovered facts about the Battle of Balaklava by the English documentary "Battlefiield Detectives" and how different it was from what had been taught, drawn, and sung.

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@mrbushi1062]

Omg yesss ❤ Just started watching videos on this conflict and finished your other two the other day.

[@commanderstorm8874]

I can’t wait til next week for the charge of the light brigade

[@Ben_not_10]

Ngl I am very much hyped for this series.

[@HeisenbergFam]

Cant wait to see you eventually cover Wagner marching to Moscow

[@dionisietarlev7081]

And then they just leave Talk about anti climax

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

​@@dionisietarlev7081I keep saying this exact words and are usually proven wrong immediately. But as if even Russia is *_that_* crazy.

[@Ardito3709]

You better mention Sardinia's involvment in this war in your next videos.

[@0rdanri_Feelis_caatus]

'If we're gonna ride headlong into this military fubar' I see what you did there

[@martinkulash4061]

I'm curious how do we know that officer had stomach cancer? Is that something they knew at the time and couldn't do anything to help, or do we piece it together via symptoms and he had no actual idea what was wrong with him?

[@sarpyasar5893]

Maybe he died and they later examined the body

[@martinkulash4061]

@@sarpyasar5893 see that's what I was wondering. If they could only learn about it post mortem

[@sarpyasar5893]

@@martinkulash4061 I am not sure but it’s a good question as far as I know sometimes they find out after death

[@Daneclaw]

Cancer was known about even before the 1800s, it's just that they couldn't really treat it from what I know.

[@gryakillie6769]

Possibly from the recorded symptoms.

[@Fixie45]

I'm so anxious and waiting for Mother Seacole to pop out!

[@wisemanrusty1305]

I heard 'light brigade' and thought of the Australian 'light stock brigade' from WW2, you guys should do an episode on that! if memory servers me right it was the last & final instance of horses being used in combat for something that wasn't logistics. (i may have gotten the name wrong :P)

[@HunBaneTheBest]

Lord Cardigan: I am the very model of a modern Major-General🎵🎶

[@Theringodair]

I hear Iron Maiden's The Trooper in my head.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Proof that experience makes a much bigger difference than social rank when it comes to warfare!

[@1987MartinT]

There were actually cavalry present at the battle of the Alma. The Light Brigade. However, Lord Raglan refused to use them. This was a habit Raglan had. An unwillingness to use the British cavalry, even when he had golden opportunities to do so right in front of him. There are various theories as to why. One theory is that he felt his cavalry force was too small. Another theory is that he thought that cavalry, in this age of increasingly accurate, long ranged, and deadly fire arms, was outdated. Whatever his reason or reasons, he was determined to keep his cavalry out of action, "in a bandbox", as he put it.

[@battlez9577]

The failures of British cavalry during the napoleonic wars may have also inspired his reservations of their use

[@tonytaskforce3465]

He probably didn't want to risk the lives of the lisping perfumed young nobles who infested its ranks. Made up for it at Balaclava though.

[@spartanx9293]

3:30 funny thing about the zouves in the American civil War there were units on both sides that adopted their dress tactics and title

[@aceous99]

kind of reminds one of the african wild boys who go to battle in exotic wedding dresses to shock the enemy with their wild outfits

[@LCCWPresents]

Hear me out, you must cover either the Russian revolution/civil war or 1905 rebellion.

[@AdamLubliner]

2:20 He the very model of a modern Major General, with information vegetable, animal, and mineral.

[@Mereel401]

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

[@wayback24]

Just so you know, you couldn't purchase ranks about Lt. Colonel. Lord Cardigan was given command of the Light Cavalry Brigade because: 1. He was an Earl; 2. He had Cavalry experience; and he was a supporter of the current government.

[@alanwardell3680]

great ep.

[@mikesands4681]

5:35 thank you for painting underpants onto the falling Scottish soldiors, whether accurate or not.

[@KingBobXVI]

2:20 - so you're saying Lord Cardigan was the very model of a modern Major General? :P

[@johnsoldier8722]

Yeah

[@jivkoyanchev1998]

I am from Varna and north-east of the city. There is a monument for the French soldiers who died of cholera. It was built in 1888, I believe.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys always make my day!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@alexandersmall7380]

5:33 there is an inaccuracy here, but seeing as this channel isn't 18+ I understand why it was done

[@Kaiserhawk]

I wonder what the Russian Emperor's reaction to hearing his admirals intentionally scuttled the fleet was like.

[@ecurewitz]

Probably something along the lines of this had better work

[@SusCalvin]

When paid commissions were first used, their purpouse was to make officers pay up a sort of bond money as guarantee for loyalty and service. The idea was that you could lose your bond money and pension as a real punishment.

[@bigtaco7654]

Is it me or did anyone else go and rewatch their videos on mary seacole after they started doing this series since it covers the medical side of this war a little bit through the prospective of mary seacole

[@EdbertWeisly]

This animator's first animation was in the Majapahit series, now look at the drawings now

[@Draichnyr]

Forward the Light Brigade. To the guns. To the guns. Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred.

[@Etom.]

Sa-vas-ta-pool your pronunciation is grinding my gears.

[@1Ring42]

Half a league half a league Half a league onward Into the valley of death will ride the 10000

[@felixpowell3975]

Commissions for British Army Officer were only brought up to the rank of colonel. After that it was by ability or politics (Edit was to specify Army as the Royal Navy had a far longer history of promotion on the basis ability)

[@Flammenwerfer984]

5:55 “there’s nothing we can do”

[@matthewdopler8997]

A possible correction: The mention of cholera and diarrhea as separate aliments when diarrhea is the main symptom of cholera and the the main cause of death from it due to dehydration.

[@silafuyang8675]

1:25 - Three weeks in Bulgaria can discourage anyone.

[@cheerijessie]

If there is one thing that could be said for the British major generals at the time, they likely could quote the fights historical (in order categorical)

[@gustavchambert7072]

Ironically, the good performance of the french soldiers and officer corps in this war, and a few in Italy a little bit later, laid the groundwork for the catastrophic performance of the french army in the franco-prussian war. They got pretty complacent and lost a lot of the efficiencies due to that. And the increasing corruption of the Napoleonic regime didn't exactly help either.

[@sarpyasar5893]

I think that was more about napoleons inability to reform the army for 1870 war

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

Similar to what had already happened with the British: they had beaten Napoleon with the purchase system for officers' commissions and a divided chain of command for the army, so why change rather than tinker around the edges (Wellington banned buying rank higher than Major and instituted minimum time requirements at a given rank)? Also of course, the navy was the main line of defence and had far fewer issues.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@TheBespectacledN00b And I think this war put it in the minds of the British to stay out of continental wars for the next 60 years.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

@@ChrisCrossClash Yes. It also spurred major army reforms such as to medical care and starting to move away from the purchase system. Though it even then the more serious questions were dodged until the Boer War debacles.

[@smal750]

​@@TheBespectacledN00b the british never defeated napoleon lmfao

[@jimtalbott9535]

“He thought so little, they rewarded he, by making him the ruler of the Queen’s Navy.”

[@Medicine91]

This is why Alma matters.

[@cirthador1453]

The First Anglo-SIkh War happened before this, and the SIkhs were practically a modern enemy, so saying that no British officers or troops had experience fighting a modernized opponent is inaccurate. It is perhaps more accurate to say that the troops and officers who had fought in India were poorly commanded and overlooked by the British home troops.

[@neilbuckley1613]

There was snobbery in the British Army about officers who served in India. All the commanders sent out by the War Office, Raglan, Lucan and Cardigan were based in Britain and has no precticalexperience of war like the much more competent oficers who were out in India.