Josh Clark
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
It it offered a way to attack navally, which is what the Brits favored.
Stuff You Should Know
The Charge of the Light Brigade
And it also offered at the same time a way to attack on land, which is what the French preferred.
Stuff You Should Know
The Charge of the Light Brigade
It was the surf and turf strategy.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
And yeah, the Crimean Peninsula served all of those purposes.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
I've never heard anybody say it like that, but I'll bet you're right.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
I'll bet a bunch of Ukrainians just stood up and went, yeah.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
That'd be one heck of a coincidence.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Somebody just put a bunch of letters together.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
They're like Sebastopol.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Wait, did you say B or V?
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Because they rhyme.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
So I think that's where the Russians had that navy that they would invade the Mediterranean with.