Danube campaign

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The Danube campaign was the early phase of the Crimean War in which Russian and Ottoman forces fought for control along the Danube River in 1853–1854.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
theatre of war
belligerent Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
chronologicalPosition early phase of the Crimean War
conflict Crimean War
conflictType Russo-Turkish Wars
surface form: Russo-Ottoman conflict
countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
endTime 1854
followedBy Black Sea campaign of the Crimean War
surface form: Crimean campaign in the Black Sea and Crimea
hasPart Battle of Cetate
Battle of Călugăreni (Danube operations context)
Battle of Oltenitza
Ottoman counteroffensives across the Danube
Siege of Silistra
crossing of the Danube by Russian forces
operations around Vidin
location Balkans
Danube
surface form: Danube River

Danubian Principalities
Moldova
surface form: Moldavia

Wallachia
mainTheatre Danube front
notableSiege Siege of Silistra
objective control of the Danube River line
control of the Danubian Principalities
opponent Ottoman Army
Imperial Russian Army
surface form: Russian Army
partOf Crimean War
Black Sea campaign of the Crimean War
surface form: European theatre of the Crimean War
precededBy Russian occupation of the Danubian Principalities in 1853
relatedTo Black Sea campaign of the Crimean War
surface form: Black Sea theatre of the Crimean War

Caucasus campaign
surface form: Caucasus campaign of the Crimean War
result Ottoman strategic success along the Danube
Russian withdrawal from the Danubian Principalities
river Danube
startTime 1853
strategicImportance control of access routes into the Balkans
pressure on the Ottoman Empire in southeastern Europe
timePeriod 1850s
19th century

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Crimean War hasPart Danube campaign