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The British Army Of The Crimea

By Michael Barthorp , Pierre Turner

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1987
ISBN
9780850458275, 0850458277
LCC
UA649
Open Library ID
OL22199333M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9083134 bytes)
Series
Men at Arms Series, 196
Pages
49\50
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

In 1854 the British Army was committed to its first major war against a European power since 1815. The expeditionary force, or 'Army of the East', was despatched to Turkey nominally to support the Ottoman Empire in its war with Russia; but in reality to check, in alliance with France and later Sardinia, Russian ambitions for an outlet to the Mediterranean. Despite many failures in the conduct of operations and administration, the war was won in two years and Russian designs on the Balkans and Levant were thwarted for two decades.

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