In 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', which historical conflict is Tennyson commemorating?
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Correct answer: The Crimean War
The poem describes the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. Tennyson wrote it after reading a newspaper account of the disastrous cavalry charge caused by miscommunicated orders.
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