SURVEY OF THE NEGLECTED NAVAL CAMPAIGN OF THE CRIMEAN WAR HIGHLIGHTS
ITS IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND JAPAN AS WELL AS
RUSSIA.
The `Crimean War' was much more than a series of battles in the
Crimea. One of the most neglected aspects has been the naval campaign
in the Pacific Ocean - as highlighted in this full-scale survey, which
brings out the involvement of China and Japan.
The campaign took a joint British and French squadron from Chile to
Kamchatka, to be defeated in battle at Petropavlovsk - where the
British Admiral committed suicide. Despite their victory, the Russians
withdrew from all their Pacific coastal settlements, and the British
and French concentrated on searching for the mouth of the Amur River,
thought to be a Russian base. The Russians in turn also concentrated
there, in order to build a base, sending repeated expeditions along
the river.
Both China, who claimed to rule along the Amur, and Japan, only just
`opened up' by Commodore Perry's expedition, were involved - indeed,
the British used a Japanese port as their advanced base. The United
States had only recently reached the Pacific coast and several
Americans had their eyes on Russian Alaska and Hawaii as territories
for future acquisitions. All this meant the Allies hadto tread very
delicately in Pacific waters.
The war in Europe ended before a decisive action could take place in
the Pacific. Ironically, having lost in the fighting, the Russians
ended with a great advance in their territory.
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ISBN
9781846156380
Publisert
2022
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Boydell Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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