Crimean War: The first modern conflicts that affect the future of warfare

Crimean War (1853-1856) was a battle that took place between the Russian empire against the allies of France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire. Most conflicts occur in the Crimean peninsula, with another battle occurred in western Turkey and the Baltic sea. Crimean War is sometimes considered the first modern conflict that affects the future of warfare.

Krimean war is known by different names. In Russia known as the "Oriental War" (Russian: Восточная война, Vostochnaya Voina), and in Britain at the time it is sometimes known as "Russia's War".

Krimean war famous for logistical and tactical mistakes on both sides. However, it is considered to be a war "modern" first, such as "introduced technical changes which affect the future of warfare system," including the first tactical use of railways and telegraphs. It is also famous for the work of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing practice when caring for the wounded British soldiers.

Crimean War was also the first time extensively documented in photographs.

Pre-battle tension

Conflict over the Holy Land

The series of events that made France and England declared war against Russia on March 27 and March 28, 1854 can be traced to the coup in 1851 in France. Napoleon III sent an ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and tried to force the Ottomans to recognize France as a "sovereign ruler" in the Holy Land. Russia denied the change of "ruler" new in the Holy Land. Referring to the two previous agreements, namely in 1757 and another in 1774, Ottoman alter their previous decision, France canceled the agreement and insisted that Russia was the protector of Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire.

Napoleon III responded with a show of force, sending a fleet of Charlemagne to the Black Sea, which is a violation of the London Straits Convention. French show of strength combined with aggressive diplomacy and money, forcing the Sultan Abdülmecid I to accept the new agreement, acknowledges the French and the Roman Catholic Church as the supreme Christian authority in the Holy Land with the control of Christian holy places and have the rights to the Church of Nativity, which was previously held by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Tsar Nicholas I then sent an army corps to-4-5 and all along the River Danube, Count Karl Nesselrode and assigns, the foreign minister, for talks with the Ottoman Empire. Nesselrode expressed the matter to Sir George Hamilton Seymour, British ambassador in St Petersburg:

Peace negotiations began in 1856 at the hands of children as well as his successor Nicholas I, Alexander II, through Congress Paris.Selanjutnya, Tsar and the Sultan agreed not to remove their navy Hitam.Selain Sea coast, all the great knights pledged to respect the independence and territorial integrity Ottoman Empire.