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To summarize what I said on the other site I suspect that if the Turkish authorities were prepared to end the fighting they would get fairly generous terms: a) Russia would have some control over the straits as agreed already among the allies - unless they backed away from that later on but by...

As I understand it the plan was to clear the southern straits as suggested so that a fleet could enter the Sea of Marmara. This could threaten Constantinople where the only munitions plant IIRC correctly was on the dockside and hence could easily be destroyed. Also I think I read once that the...