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The Crimean War: everything you wanted to know

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The Role of Horses in the World War I

The British and French have a serious advantage on the battlefield. The Russians simply can't make rifles and they can't import them. They will deploy the world's first armored warships in battle. This is right on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution. Iron steamships are massively important in the logistics of the war.

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