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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..

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..

The beginnings of the war can be traced to 1851, when [[Napoleon III]] (France) 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 [[Napoleon III]] (France) demanded that the Ottomans acknowledge [[France]] as the 'sovereign authority' of the [[Holy Land]].