Fears of Russian invasion

via John Currin – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/1fZWslM John Currin originally shared: Fears of Russian invasion A long-standing fear of invasion by the Imperial Russian Navy, symbolised by the hoax Russian warship Kaskowiski raid on Auckland, 1875, led to the arming of New Zealand ports with heavy guns in the decade from about 1880. AContinue reading “Fears of Russian invasion”