The Tipping Point of the Crimean War

The Crimea takes over as the locus of attention not because it's the most important part of the war. It's death and suffering that create the idea of a Crimean war. Nicholas is now keen to get this result. He abandons diplomacy, which isn't working. Nobody in the international community supports him. Not even the Prussians who at that stage were very much on side. And if we're looking at that in the 2023 season as well. That makes sense. Yes, the war was relatively popular when it begins. It becomes less popular when the cost of it starts to come home.