<span>Hagia Sophia is a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.</span>
Since they control lots of island groups which makes thing hard to border up and defend on all sides... Unlike in Germany which they had 2 fronts and it was easier to have bunkers to defend certain location...
It took place during the 1860s
Yes they were. their way of life was threatened/ thusly had to defend it.
