What were the Reasons for the outbreak of the Crimean War?
This essay details both the short-term and long-term causes of the Crimean War and explains in detail the main reasons for the Crimean War occurring. These explanations include descriptions of the condition and standing of the European Power countries at that time, the decline and demise of the Turkish Empire, the disagreements between Russia and France over the religious issue (‘the Holy Places’) and finally the mobilization of Prussia and Austria-Hungary over the matter of Russian aggressiveness.