AH Challenge: Russian Constantinople

I don't think that Britain would attack Russia should Constantinople fall in 1878. I don't think that Britain was capable of getting up the popular head of steam necessary for the long-term war that I think that war against the Russians would require at this point. This would not be the Crimean War. The Russians and British are competing on more fronts at this point, and the Russians would be operating from a position of strength.
 
IIRC there was a lot of political opposition in Britian and France, against getting involved in the Crimian War.
Change a few politicians, and the Ottomans are defeated.
 
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