Radio War Nerd EP #67—Crimean War
Skopje — With Crimea and New Cold War hysteria in the news, the War Nerd goes back 150 years to the Crimean War—the British-French-Ottoman invasion of Russia's Black Sea naval garrison meant to punish Tsarist Russia . . . Many familiar elements for us today, starting with the hysterical Russophobia campaign in the western media . . .
Also: Serbia's extradition war with France...Bahrain executes 3 Shia...Islamic State's hold on Mosul slipping finally...Syrian war fronts—Israel rocket attacks & battle over Damascus water supply...Russians making powerful friends in war-torn Libya...
Total Time: 1:55:16
Direct link to this episode's mp3 here
Reading suggestion: "The Crimean War: A History" by Orlando Figes
Comments (7)
Listening to these led eps for the first time and loving them. Kind of feels like listening to old joy division bootlegs.
You both seem to struggle with Urqhart. If you pronounce it Irkut or Erkut it's less painful.
Ironically, one thing that upset the British in the run up to WW1 was a German plan to build a railway from Berlin to Bagdhad.
Treatment of soldiers:
Ah, fuck, forget, no enter here. So, treatment of soldiers: I think it depends a lot on the character and the function of the army. As far as i can tell for the Prussian the treatment got very important with the wars of liberation, the counter offensive against Napoleon from 1812 on which happened to a large degree on German soil. People send their sons to sacrifice for the Fatherland and they expected this sacrifice to not be squandered and at the same time numerous socialites became involved in the treatment and care for wounded soldiers in part motivated by the cult around queen Louise ("Louise be the protective spirit of the German matter, Louise be the parole of revenge").
Good idea.
Thanks Pushkar. Yes, please email me at radiowarnerd@gmail.com and I can send you some back issues.