The Crimean War cavalry action known as "the charge of light brigade" was
immortalized by the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson . The poet described a glorious
charge into the mouths of Russian cannon carried out by men who would sooner
die than disobey their orders. But is any of this actually true? What was the
real charge of the light brigade? Why has one of history's biggest military
blunders been remembered so fondly? Tune in and find out how the sick man of
Europe, being "sporting", and a whole lot of donkeys play into the story.
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