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Armies of the Crimean War, 1853�1856 - History, Organization and Equipment of the British, French, Turkish, Piedmontese and Russian forces
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Armies of the Crimean War, 1853�1856 - History, Organization and Equipment of the British, French, Turkish, Piedmontese and Russian forces
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The Crimean War was the first major European war since the end of
the Napoleonic Wars and Britain's only war on that continent in the
century between Waterloo and WW1\. When Russia invaded provinces of
the Ottoman Empire, the British and French, later joined by the
Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, intervened to limit Russian expansion
towards the Black Sea. Each of the armies contained an eclectic mix
of units. The regular European regiments still displayed much of
the bright colour and finery associated with the Napoleonic era
(the British infantry in their scarlet tunics forming the famous
�thin red line' at Balaklava for instance), while each also
contained a mix of exotic units drawn from across their respective
empires. The French fielded Zouaves and Spahis from North and West
Africa, not to mention the legendary Foreign Legion; the Ottomans
had Tunisians and Egyptians alongside Balkan mountaineers and the
infamous Bashi-bazouks; the Russians of course had their Cossacks
and the British fielded little-known German, Swiss and Italian
mercenaries. Gabriele Esposito details the composition,
organization, uniforms and weaponry of each force and illustrates
many of them with early black and white photos (this being the
first major war for which photography was available), as well as
numerous colour artworks.
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Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Gabriele Esposito
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Dimensions: |
246 x 172mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-08985-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-399-08985-4 |
Barcode: |
9781399089852 |
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