The Crimean War (1853-56) is almost forgotten today, except perhaps for the Balaclava and Inkerman streets scattered throughout Melbourne’s older suburbs. But there is much to learn from this conflict, which claimed the lives of a million soldiers and uncounted civilians. This war was the 19th century’s most deadly conflict. From 1853 to 1856, the Western powers, including France and Britain, allied to Turkey, confronted Czarist Russia for control of the Middle East. For us it yiel…
