Balkan wars were considered to be the climax of Serbian war history, its most successful event. They were treated as the fulfillment of the medieval oath given to the Prince Lazar after his death in the Kosovo battle 1389 since Kosovo was regained for Serbia after 1...
1912 Balkan Wars (1912-1913) resulting from territorial disputes. 1913 Suffragettes demonstrate in London. Garment workers strike in New York and Boston. 1914 World War I begins: Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife Sophie are assassinated. ...
In this release we are introducing a new scenario called The Balkan Wars. The scenario covers the five critical conflicts that dominated the WW1 era. It begins in March of 1912 with the Italo-Turkish War over Libya where a weakened and unstable Ottoman E
Balkan Wars The continuing collapse of the Ottoman Empire led to two wars in the Balkans, in 1912 and 1913, which was a prelude to world war. By 1900 nation states had formed in Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia. Nevertheless, many of their ethnic compatriots lived under the control ...
Ottoman military reforms resulted in a modern army which engaged in the Italo-Turkish War (1911) that ended in the loss of the North African territories and the Dodecanese, the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) that ended in the loss of almost all of the Empire’s European territories. In addition...
A short history of the Balkan Wars, 1991-1999. Read a quick summary of the Balkan Wars, an essential guide for visitors to Europe's most complicated region.
The First and Second Balkan Wars took place in the early 20th Century. While Greece fought for its independence nearly 100 years earlier, many of the Balkan states remained under the control of the Ottoman Empire until the beginning of World War I. In 1912, the First Balkan War was initiate...
century its struggle against Ottoman rule intensified, and in 1878 Serbia gained independence after Russia defeated the Ottoman Turks in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877–1878. In the Balkan wars (1912–1913), Serbia and other Balkan states seized hold of more former Ottoman lands on the peninsula...
In 1912.for Cetinje and Montenegro very hard time begins, because the state goes into the Balkan war. With the victory in Balkan wars (1912. – 1913), Montenegro expands its territory to 14. 443 km², and liberates 10 cities. Also, in the same 1913, Montenegro on the side of ...
The question of Kosovan sovereignty and independence has a history which stretches far back beyond the outbreak of war in 1998. This volume is a compilation of key documents on Kosovo from the first half of the twentieth century. These texts, including numerous diplomatic despatches from the Brit...