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Russia certainly wanted to conquer Istanbul, and the only reason the Ottoman Empire lasted so long was probaly that the great powers was not able to decide how to share the spoils. But did for instance a country like Britain ever consider conquering Istanbul itself? As a strong naval power they would maybe have been the most likely to be able to do so? What other country could have had a realististic chance? How close was the Russians to conquer Istanbul? And could France have taken the city?
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