History GCSE
Cardwell's army reforms
What Cardwell's army reforms means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cardwell's army reforms
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Reforms introduced to modernise the army following the failures of the Crimean War.
Topics that use Cardwell's army reforms
- Option 12: c1700–c1900: Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - 1 The nature of warfare (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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