• The Crimean war was fought for the sake of Europe rather than for the Eastern question; it was fought against Russia, not in favour of Turkey....
  • In the end the Crimean War was a very unsatisfactory affair that achieved very little politically and perhaps even less militarily.
  • The Crimean War: How It Reshaped Geopolitics. The Ottoman Empire is facing eradication. Tsar Nicholas I of Russia is moving in to give the final blow.
  • bibliography. Goldfrank, David M. The Origins of the Crimean War. London, 1994. Lambert, Andrew D. The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy, 1853–56.
  • In military operations that stretched from the Baltic to the Romanian Principalities and the Crimean Peninsula, Russia was defeated and withdrew its borders...
  • The Crimean War of 1853-56 became a big power confrontation resulting in 500,000 dead soldiers from Russia, Turkey, France, and Britain and Italy Here...
  • The Crimean War was the result of Russian demands to exercise protection over the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman sultan.
  • The Crimean War (1854-56) was fought by an alliance of Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia against Russia.
  • The Crimean War in some ways was the first modern technological conflict, according to The Institution of Engineering and Technology .
  • The Crimean War of 1853-1856 covered large territories and stretched for many kilometers. Active hostilities were carried out in several directions at once.