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War at Crimea

The following month, though the immediate cause of war was withdrawn, allied troops landed in the Crimea and besieged the city of Sevastopol, home of the Tsar's Black Sea Fleet and the associated threat of potential Russian penetration into the Mediterranean. The Russians had to scuttle their ships, and used the naval cannons as additional... More...

Gibraltar, 1987, Russian gun

Great Britain, 1985, William Howard Russell, Kertch

Isle of Man, 2000, Thomas Leigh Goldie and Earl of Cardigan

Russia, 2005, Sea Infantry in Crimea

St. Kitts, 2000, Royal Family with Crimean War veterans

Great Britain, 2004.10.12, Postal Service of British forces. Expedition to Kerch