Politics
Balkan Wars
Two conflicts of 1912 and 1913. In the first, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria defeated the Ottoman Empire and stripped it of its European provinces except Eastern Thrace. In the second, Bulgaria fought its former allies and was attacked by Romania. The Treaty of Bucharest ended it on 10 August 1913.
Mentioned in
- Chapter I The Long Fuse Overview§8 The Balkan Powder Keg§9 Armies and War Plans§10 Minds and Societies: Nationalism, Militarism, Dread
- Chapter II Thirty-Seven Days to War §3 Vienna Decides: Berchtold, Conrad and Tisza
- Chapter III The War of Movement §7 Galicia, Lemberg and Serbia's Victories§9 The War Spreads: Turkey, the Seas and the Colonies
- Chapter IV Deadlock §7 The Conquest of Serbia and the Salonika Landing
- Chapter XII The Home Fronts §3 Women at War