Crimean War

  • Russian Empire Annexed Crimea

  • Russian Tsar wants to protect the Orthodox Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire.

  • The holy places at Palestine were Argued over Russia and France

  • Russia occupied the Danubian provinces but the Ottoman Empire resisted the invasion.

  • British Empire went to help the Ottoman Empire by sending fleets of ships to Istanbul

  • Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.

  • The Russian Black Sea fleet destroys a big part of the Ottoman Black Sea fleet

  • Britain and France also sent fleets to the Ottomans to help them fight in war

  • British and France becomes allies with the Ottoman Empire

  • Russians force their way into Danubian Province