The first war to be photographed extensively and the first war to utilize modern devices such as the telegraph and the railroad, this conflict was instigated when the leader of one of the warring nations insisted on sending forces into Moldavia and Wallachia in order to protect Eastern Orthodox Christians in the area.  
The first war to be photographed extensively and the first war to utilize modern devices such as the telegraph and the railroad, this conflict was instigated when the leader of one of the warring nations insisted on sending forces into Moldavia and Wallachia in order to protect Eastern Orthodox Christians in the area.  The other warring powers, however, interpreted this maneuver as an aggressive invasion of a certain empire, using the skills of such medical luminaries as Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale to  revolutionize the role of the military nurse on the battlefield. For ten points, name this war notable for the stupidity of its commanders, pitting Great Britain, France, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire against Imperial Russia.
The first war to be photographed extensively and the first war to utilize modern devices such as the telegraph and the railroad, this conflict was instigated when the leader of one of the warring nations insisted on sending forces into Moldavia and Wallachia in order to protect Eastern Orthodox Christians in the area.  
Crimean War