European Wars
The great powers of Europe clashed during the Napoleonic Wars, and decades later they battled in the Crimea. In the later years of the 19th Century the Franco-Prussian War rewrote the map of Europe. The 1800s will always bring to mind Trafalgar, Waterloo, and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
The Crimean War
The Crimean War of 1854-56 was waged by allies Britain and France against Russia, and was provoked over obscure reasons. The conflict was marked by incompetence and waste of life, and is perhaps most famous for a poem written about a great blunder, "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
The Crimean War of 1854-56 was waged by allies Britain and France against Russia, and was provoked over obscure reasons. The conflict was marked by incompetence and waste of life, and is perhaps most famous for a poem written about a great blunder, "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
Battle of Trafalgar
The BBC hosts a collection of essays and exhibits about the great British naval victory over the fleet of Napoleonic France.
The BBC hosts a collection of essays and exhibits about the great British naval victory over the fleet of Napoleonic France.