Corfu brought several allies together in a complicated operation against a strategically important island. In the closing assessment, it ranks among the most important operations of the War of the Second Coalition. Yet the campaign map gives it little prominence: its name can be found only by looking closely. Russian and Ottoman operations consequently receive much less visual attention than their strategic importance warrants in this interpretation.
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Corfu's strategic importance and its small place on campaign maps
Corfu is judged one of the Second Coalition's most important strategic operations, despite barely appearing on the campaign map.