Crimean War Realism

The Effects and Modernity of the Crimean War
The Crimean War is frequently called “the first modern war”; the rationale for this claim includes an increased role of the media in the conflict, substantial technological advances in military ordnance, and a greater scale of international alliances. Advancements in military organization and medicine would follow the war, due to British mismanagements. The Crimean war foreshadowed the nature of global conflict in the centuries to follow it.
The War began with the Russian invasion of Ottoman provinces along the Danube, specifically Moldavia and Walachia. In response, the British and French navies were moved to the Black Sea.(Crimean Campaign). Allied Ottoman, British, French, and Sardinian forces
The Crimean War was the first conflict for the percussion cap to be used. The percussion cap allows for an all-weather reliability of the rifle. The previous common mechanism of firearms was the flintlock. For the flintlock to ignite the powder, firing the projectile, it required a spark created by flint, hence “flintlock”. Flintlock based weapons were inoperable in wet weather, limiting its effectiveness and versatility. The percussion cap eliminated the flintlocks shortcomings and granted efficiency to the forces equipped with
The terms forbid Russia from having a navy on the Black Sea. Russian defeat induced the emancipation of the serfs by Alexander the 2nd in 1861 where 23 million private serfs were freed. State-owned serfs were freed in 1866. Nationalism was revitalized in the Ottoman provinces, and if not for an Allied victory; the Ottoman Empire would have shrunk dramatically. (Pearce). The Crimean War ended the stability and peace the Congress of Vienna had