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crimean war revision - Coggle Diagram

- - - - led in the battle of alma
        
        after RU abandon the battle, Raglan is too indecisive to follow them and push the victory
        
        didnt understand what the FR were doing, so told the men to lie down to reduce casualties
      - charge of the light brigade
        
        assumed that RU movement of GB guns in causeway heights was them abandoning, said he wanted cavalry to move forward to stop RU getting guns
      - siege of sevastopol
        
        wanted to attack sevastopol immediately after alma, was persuaded to wait by allies and went along to protect alliance
        
        argues for an attack on sevastopol, but FR commander delays it
        
        warms about dangers of crimean winter, is ignored
      - crimean winter
        
        had expressed concerns about spending winter in crimea
        
        attempted to fix crimean winter issues, but did not inform gov enough or ask for enough help
        
        mens morale was lowered after not seeing him much
      - against reform, attempted to stay within wellingtons outdated traditions
      - chose to settle in balaklava, where transport was difficult
      - only lost 10 men during charge of heavy brigade
  - - - images exposed bad fighting conditions
      - increased empathy for soldiers
      - led to questions about purpose of war and leadership quality
      - did not include action shots , all classes of soldier , or the whole reality of the war
      - took images for the purpose of selling
      - took photos of men in winter coats after the winter - he was not there for the winter or any major battles
      - no images of injury or death
    - - wrote unfairly that Raglan was entirely incompetent and incapable of leading an army
      - reports exposed the suffering of the crimean winter
      - work on the cholera outbreak led to public pressure that led to women being accepted into medicine
      - reports led to MP claiming 23,000 of 32,000 men were unfit for war
      - large part in establishing war correspondence
      - reports on bad medical care led to 1000's being raised to support