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Russo-Swedish Wars.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023-04-30, S. 3
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The Russo-Swedish Wars were directly linked to the larger Europe-wide historical epoch of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Most important, both Russia and Sweden were caught in the middle of an early nineteenth century geopolitical “cold war” that pitted Europe’s most dominant land power, France, against its strongest naval power, Great Britain: Napoleon Bonaparte’s major obstacle to creating his new empire was the British Royal Navy. His hopes of destroying Britain’s naval strength ended at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). There, off the coast of Spain, Admiral Lord Nelson defeated the combined navies of Spain and France. This decisive British victory both ended the hopes of a French invasion of the British Isles and ensured that Great Britain would continue to dominate the sea lanes for years to come.
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Russo-Swedish Wars.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Fitzgerald, Richard D. |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023-04-30, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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