Bombardment of Bomarsund

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The Bombardment of Bomarsund was an Anglo-French naval and land assault in 1854 during the Crimean War that destroyed a key Russian fortress in the Åland Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
naval bombardment ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Bomarsund ⓘ
attackingForceStrength several British and French ships of the line and troops ⓘ
belligerent Russian Empire ⓘ
Second French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
category 1854 in military history ⓘ
Battles involving France ⓘ
Battles involving Russia ⓘ
Battles involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
Naval battles of the Crimean War ⓘ
combatant1 French Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
combatant2 Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
commander Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes ⓘ
Charles John Napier ⓘ
Oskar Möller ⓘ
conflict Crimean War ⓘ
consequence demilitarization of the Åland Islands (later confirmed by the Treaty of Paris 1856) ⓘ
countryInvolved Russian Empire ⓘ
Second French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endDate 1854-08-16 ⓘ
followedBy Allied operations against Sveaborg ⓘ
fortificationType coastal fortress ⓘ
garrisonStrength approximately 2,000 Russian troops ⓘ
hasPart land assault on Bomarsund ⓘ
naval bombardment of Bomarsund forts ⓘ
historicalRegion Åland Islands ⓘ
location Baltic Sea ⓘ
Bomarsund, Åland Islands ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
notableShip French ship-of-the-line Charlemagne ⓘ
HMS Duke of Wellington ⓘ
HMS Edinburgh ⓘ
opponentFortification Brännklint Tower ⓘ
Notvik Tower ⓘ
partOf Baltic theatre of the Crimean War ⓘ
precededBy Blockade of the Russian Baltic coast (1854) ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
destruction of Bomarsund fortress ⓘ
startDate 1854-08-08 ⓘ
strategicObjective neutralize Russian fortress in the Åland Islands ⓘ
secure control of approaches to the Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
target Bomarsund fortress ⓘ
treatyRelated Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ
year 1854 ⓘ

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Baltic campaign → hasPart → Bombardment of Bomarsund ⓘ
Bombardment of Bomarsund → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Bomarsund ⓘ
linked to: Bombardment of Bomarsund
Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War → hasPart → Bombardment of Bomarsund ⓘ
Bomarsund fortress → significantEvent → Siege of Bomarsund ⓘ
linked to: Bombardment of Bomarsund
Brännklint Tower → targetedIn → Anglo-French bombardment of Bomarsund ⓘ
linked to: Bombardment of Bomarsund
Battle of Kronstadt (1854) → relatedTo → Bombardment of Bomarsund ⓘ