{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Crimean War - Part 4: Last stands and shattered hopes","description":"Summer heat settles over a city in ruins. Sevastopol, once proud and alive, is now a landscape of broken stone, blasted earth, and the cries of the wounded. After months of siege, one last desperate fight will decide everything. The end of the struggle is near, but victory comes at a terrible price.\r\n\r\nThe Malakoff and the Redan—two bastions of Russian defense—become the focus of every Allied assault. Their battered walls are marked by thousands of shells. The earth in front of them is churned and blackened, littered with bodies. Every step forward costs lives. Wounded men crawl through shattered trenches, blood and mud mixing beneath their hands. Their cries are lost in the thunder of battle.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/crimean-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}