of alliances, ultimately being set-off by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Serbia. It was made up of the alliance powers i.e. Russia, Britain, France, Italy and ultimately the Unites States versus the central powers of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Bulgaria....
It turned out to be Liberation Day, Bulgaria’s national holiday similar to our Independence Day, celebrating the end of Ottoman rule and the creation of a free state. People were out on the streets, waving flags and wearing the Bulgarian colors of white, green, and red. Liberation Day in...