Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856

Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856
ISBN-10
0316648493
ISBN-13
9780316648493
Series
Crimea
Category
Crimean War, 1853-1856
Pages
564
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Little Brown
Author
Trevor Royle

Description

The war was a watershed in world history and pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like in the twentieth century.

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