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British Army on Campaign, The (2) - The Crimea

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - 1800 - 1900 A.D.

MSRP old price: $17.95


Product Info

Title
British Army on Campaign, The (2) - The Crimea
Publisher
Category
Author
Michael Barthorp
Publish Year
2001
Pages
48
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147398094
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA196
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA196

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 dispatched 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.