
World War Civ 21: Balkan Wars 1912-1913
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The Russian Threat to the Black Sea
Russia is the only power who saw this as a threat. Britain and France didn't even react, because the Ottoman fleet was commanded by Admiral Arthur Limpus,. The Turks have two dreadnoughts on order, they're being built in Britain, and they're going to be sold to the Turks. Once they get those, where do you think they'll put them? They can go to the Black Sea; Russia has zero dreadnoughttes.
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