Josh Clark

And again, the Ottoman Empire, I think they were known as the sick man of Europe.

There was not a lot they can do about it.

So France and Britain came to their aid, and not for any necessarily altruistic reason, but because they were not happy with the idea of Russia expanding itself into Europe, and in particular, getting a foothold in the Mediterranean.

And when they set up shop in Wallachia and Moldavia, they were on the Danube, which would take them straight to the Mediterranean.

So France and Britain became concerned, and they're like, we'll back you up, Ottoman Empire.

Yeah, it's true, man.

Yeah.

It did.

Nations do that kind of thing, though, especially when they soundly defeat an expansionist nation.

They often want to make an example and be like, don't try that again.

This is not completely out of left field, but yeah, the way it turned out was not great.

And they chose to invade Russia by landing on the Crimean Peninsula.

And they chose Crimea for a couple of reasons.

One, it's where...

Russia's naval ships were stationed that they would use to take over the Mediterranean if they could get a foothold there.

And then two, they couldn't make it to mainland Russia because Germany was neutral at the time.

They were the Austro-Prussian, I guess, kingdom.

They're like, you can't send your troops through here to get to Russia.

They're like, OK, we'll go attack Crimea.

And then there was one other thing about Crimea, Chuck.