CRIMEAN WAR

It all started when France forced the Ottoman Empire to declare them the authority of the Holy Lands. When Russia found out about this they forced the Ottomans to declare them the protectors of Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire, also France tried to force the Ottomans to retrieve their decision. Russians moved to the Danube and negotiations between Russia and France began. Britain was also involved in the negotiations and helped to convince the Ottomans to reject the treaty with Russia saying that it decreased Ottoman independence.

 In July 1853, Russia annexed the two Ottoman territories of Moldavia and Wallachia saying that the Ottomans could not protect their Christians there. Britain responded by sending a fleet to join a French fleet and in October 1853, the Ottomans declared war on Russians. On November 30th, 1853; a battle was fought causing the loss of several Ottoman boats, and after this battle Britain and France demanded Russia to stop, but Russia refused so they joined to the battle on March 28th, 1854. The Allies kept fighting until they got to the black sea and then moved to the Azov Sea and tried to attack a Russian port but they failed. However they disrupted Russian operations in the sea. Finally in 1856, negotiations started once again and the Ottoman Empire was declared independent from any other nation in the world. A few important factors that influenced the victory were the use of railways and the telegraph which provided great advantages.