Yes, because Russia was going to claim Jerusalem along the way, and if Russia occupied Istanbul/Constantinople we wouldnt have been able to kick their arses in Crimea.
If you think this war was about taking Constantinople for Greece and not Russia trying to take it themselves, you must have an American level education
Pfft yeah the Russians were going to give the link between the Black sea and the Mediterranean to the Greeks totally just ignore the fact they’ve been eyeing Constantinople since its fall for religious and later strategic reasons
We did stop them from marching on Constantinople with a fleet though
The Russians claimed Constantinopel for themselves, stating that it was the birthplace of Orthodox Christianity and thus should be in their hands. The same rhetorics they use for Kyiv right now.
I mean, honestly, that just wasn’t happening. It wasn’t just us, but the other great powers (eg France), the Turks, and reality too. The only reason the Russians were on the other side for a bit is that they had a delusional monarch and the delusions that arise from shared zeal in similar religion (Eastern Orthodoxy), nothing attached to the actual world.
This was also when the Ottomans still had something left in the barrel and what would have de facto really been control of the eastern Mediterranean to Russia would have been a deeply severe mistake.
Every alt-history scenarios where the Greeks miraculously recover Constantinople, and somehow neither the R*ssians nor the Brits have a problem with it
The Ruskis would have taken over the entire Middle East if us and Pierre hadn’t stopped them
Yes, this is a perfect record of what happened.
Was never theirs to begin with
Funny how Barry always manages to slither themselves onto the good side (at face value).
It’s true, we are a satellite of the west but it’s always funny when they get a surprised Pikatchu face when they get to see how we don’t perceive Russia as evil xD. I’m also laughing with southern Europe getting its shit together after the pandemic/Russian Ukraine war and Spain and Italy pointing the middle finger to frugal Germanics who demanded help 😂
Make the plank red and we will have a thin red line.
You’ve gotta feel bad for the brits, the ottomans were like the worst allies imaginable. Every 10 years they’d kill a bunch of balkan Christian civilians and the brits had to tell everyone “no come on guys he’s cool”
You’ve fallen for Russian propaganda, Stavros
This is a Russian Troll post.
1. Russia was expanding into Crimea in the 1850s for their very own benefit and to have a launchpad into Turkey – Greece was if anything an excuse
2. It is France that lead the coalition and mostly French soldiers and all French Generals (in fact British army was lead by French Generals too) that defeated Russia in Malakoff Russia. Indeed many places in France were called Malakoff and in other places in Europe too as a result. The Swiss even invented a Desert called Malakoff!
3. The very Idea of Western Civilisation was established in the 1830s in France to counter this particular Russian Imperialism. L’Occident or The West was used as a concept to differentiate Liberal Societies in Europe vs Imperialist Societies like Russia in particular
4. Last but not least this was a deciding factor for France returning to world politics after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. The Crimean War lead by his cousin – and in a coalition with its prior arch enemy no less (!) – meant that France was back as a key leader in European politics.
So everything about this post is wrong. From the premise to the Russian Flag and most of all the British flag … the British even abandoned their own troops under French command because it was “too hard”.
Note the French Flag flying in Triumph over Russia.
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Let’s just pretend like it’s a big deal affecting our daily lives
the Russians would totally have let the Greeks have it, and certainly not keep it for themselves
Venetians in 1204 be like:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878))
Eh no, Russia conquered and annexed all.
Yes, because Russia was going to claim Jerusalem along the way, and if Russia occupied Istanbul/Constantinople we wouldnt have been able to kick their arses in Crimea.
If you think this war was about taking Constantinople for Greece and not Russia trying to take it themselves, you must have an American level education
Pfft yeah the Russians were going to give the link between the Black sea and the Mediterranean to the Greeks totally just ignore the fact they’ve been eyeing Constantinople since its fall for religious and later strategic reasons
We did stop them from marching on Constantinople with a fleet though
The Russians claimed Constantinopel for themselves, stating that it was the birthplace of Orthodox Christianity and thus should be in their hands. The same rhetorics they use for Kyiv right now.
I mean, honestly, that just wasn’t happening. It wasn’t just us, but the other great powers (eg France), the Turks, and reality too. The only reason the Russians were on the other side for a bit is that they had a delusional monarch and the delusions that arise from shared zeal in similar religion (Eastern Orthodoxy), nothing attached to the actual world.
This was also when the Ottomans still had something left in the barrel and what would have de facto really been control of the eastern Mediterranean to Russia would have been a deeply severe mistake.
Every alt-history scenarios where the Greeks miraculously recover Constantinople, and somehow neither the R*ssians nor the Brits have a problem with it
The Ruskis would have taken over the entire Middle East if us and Pierre hadn’t stopped them
Yes, this is a perfect record of what happened.
Was never theirs to begin with
Funny how Barry always manages to slither themselves onto the good side (at face value).
It’s true, we are a satellite of the west but it’s always funny when they get a surprised Pikatchu face when they get to see how we don’t perceive Russia as evil xD. I’m also laughing with southern Europe getting its shit together after the pandemic/Russian Ukraine war and Spain and Italy pointing the middle finger to frugal Germanics who demanded help 😂
Make the plank red and we will have a thin red line.
You’ve gotta feel bad for the brits, the ottomans were like the worst allies imaginable. Every 10 years they’d kill a bunch of balkan Christian civilians and the brits had to tell everyone “no come on guys he’s cool”
You’ve fallen for Russian propaganda, Stavros
This is a Russian Troll post.
1. Russia was expanding into Crimea in the 1850s for their very own benefit and to have a launchpad into Turkey – Greece was if anything an excuse
2. It is France that lead the coalition and mostly French soldiers and all French Generals (in fact British army was lead by French Generals too) that defeated Russia in Malakoff Russia. Indeed many places in France were called Malakoff and in other places in Europe too as a result. The Swiss even invented a Desert called Malakoff!
3. The very Idea of Western Civilisation was established in the 1830s in France to counter this particular Russian Imperialism. L’Occident or The West was used as a concept to differentiate Liberal Societies in Europe vs Imperialist Societies like Russia in particular
4. Last but not least this was a deciding factor for France returning to world politics after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. The Crimean War lead by his cousin – and in a coalition with its prior arch enemy no less (!) – meant that France was back as a key leader in European politics.
So everything about this post is wrong. From the premise to the Russian Flag and most of all the British flag … the British even abandoned their own troops under French command because it was “too hard”.
Note the French Flag flying in Triumph over Russia.
https://preview.redd.it/qa0bxn5yp9sf1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e39a8d2e51d90a48106fe6ad673a92e0457d73c
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malakoff](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malakoff)
Ivan would just keep it and declare themselves now fully Third Rome
Bro open a history book.
And Finnish lads died at Gornyi Dubnjak for Austrians to takeover Bosnia and Bulgaria to be turned into a little rump state
one of the biggest mistakes we ever made, sorry lads
Fuck Russian propaganda. Thanks.
We like Mehmet, he’s always happy and makes great kebabs
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