About The Charge Of The Light Brigade: What Went Wrong? | The Crimean War
The Battle of Balaclava, 1954. The Light Brigade, an elite cavalry unit was ordered to charge a battery of Russian artillery head on, resulting in tremendous casualties. Only after the fact would they find out that this death trap wasn't the commander's intended target and their charge "into the valley of death" was all for nothing.
The Charge Of The Light Brigade: What Went Wrong? | The Crimean War is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 51 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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- The Charge Of The Light Brigade: What Went Wrong? | The Crimean War
- Category
- Crime & Justice
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- 51 minutes
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- English
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