Wars That Shaped The World

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3 - The fight for survival

As winter swept over the Russians in Sevastopol and their French and British besiegers huddled on the surrounding heights, the Crimean War settled into a deadly pattern – this was modern warfare, trenches, artillery and death rates as high as anything later found in the First World War. The toll was taken far beyond Crimea too – the Tsar, worn down by war, died, Britain’s Prime Minister was forced out. But the fighting went on. Narrated by Paul Waggott Written by Robin Scott Elliot Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn A Goalhanger Podcasts Production Cast list: John Brannoch Marta Da Silva Karim Kronfli Maksim Avedeev Zhenya Leverett Thomas Mitchells Gennady Alasheev John Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  4 - The hard yards

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  3 - The battle for Goose Green

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  2 - Sink the Belgrano

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  1 - The Malvinas are Argentine

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  4 - The bloody finale

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  2 - Into the Valley of Death

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  1 - The rise of the Russian bear

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  4 - The Boers... decisions must be made

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  3 - The inglorious siege of Kimberley

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  2 - The Empire is brought to its knees

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  1 - A single spark starts the fire

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  4 - The nuclear option

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  3 - They came from the north

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  2 - The Old Master’s last hurrah

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  1 - Red alert: the Communists are coming