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What if Nicholas I (the fox) tried to steal the straits (the eggs/hens) when invited by the Sultan to protect the OE (the henhouse) in 1833?
Where would they act to counter the Russians? The British with their Navy and Marines and some troops from Malta or India in the Aegean, bombarding the Russians, working to force the straits to kick the Russians out? The Austrians by dispatching troops from Transylvania and Banat to cut off...- Word Count: 140
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What if Nicholas I (the fox) tried to steal the straits (the eggs/hens) when invited by the Sultan to protect the OE (the henhouse) in 1833?
During the first Ottoman-Egyptian War of 1831-1833, after the defeat at Konya, the Ottomans officially asked the Russians for military help. The Russian Emperor directed the Russian Black Sea fleet to sail to Constantinople to secure the straits and check Ibrahim. The following Russian forces...- raharris1973
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