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The '''Crimean War''' lasted from October 1853 to February 1856.  It was a war fought primarily on the [[Crimean Peninsula]] between the [[Russia]]ns on one side, and the British, French, and the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottoman Empire]] on the other, with the [[Kingdom]] of [[Sardinia]] joining the Allies later in the war. Other theatres of war included the [[Baltic Sea]], the provinces of [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]] (both in modern [[Romania]]) and the [[Sea of Japan]].<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/crimea_01.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/2049762</ref>

The '''Crimean War''' lasted from October 1853 to February 1856.  It was a war fought primarily on the [[Crimean Peninsula]] between the [[Russia]]ns on one side, and the British, French, and the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottoman Empire]] on the other, with the [[Kingdom]] of [[Sardinia]] joining the Allies later in the war. Other theatres of war included the [[Baltic Sea]], the provinces of [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]] (both in modern [[Romania]]) and the [[Sea of Japan]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/crimea_01.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/2049762</ref>

The beginnings of the war can be traced to 1851, when the French president Louis-Napoléon (soon to be emperor [[Napoleon III]])<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10699a.htm</ref> demanded that the Ottomans acknowledge [[France]] as the 'sovereign authority' of the [[Holy Land]].

The beginnings of the war can be traced to 1851, when the French president Louis-Napoléon (soon to be emperor [[Napoleon III]])<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10699a.htm</ref> demanded that the Ottomans acknowledge [[France]] as the 'sovereign authority' of the [[Holy Land]].